{"id":1492,"date":"2020-10-15T07:58:54","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T12:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailydevotionalinchrist.com\/?p=1492"},"modified":"2020-10-15T07:58:56","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T12:58:56","slug":"do-we-carry-out-our-spiritual-duties-because-they-are-expected-or-spontaneously-from-the-heart-of-devotion-job-1-4-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailydevotionalinchrist.com\/?p=1492","title":{"rendered":"Do we carry out our spiritual duties because they are expected, or spontaneously from the heart of devotion? – Job 1: 4-5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Job 1: 4-5; A record of the common practices of Job, a good man who feared God and stayed away from evil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c4 Every year when Job\u2019s sons had birthdays, they invited their brothers and sisters to their homes for a celebration. On these occasions they would eat and drink with great merriment. 5 When these birthday parties ended\u2014and sometimes they lasted several days\u2014Job would summon his children to him and sanctify them, getting up early in the morning and offering a burnt offering for each of them. For Job said, \u201cPerhaps my sons have sinned and turned away from God in their hearts.\u201d This was Job\u2019s regular practice.\u201d
It is not known for sure, but Job probably lived during the days of the patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob) before God gave his Law or appointed priests to be religious leaders. During Job\u2019s day, the father was the family\u2019s religious leader. Because there were no priests to instruct him in God\u2019s laws, Job acted as the priest and offered sacrifices to God to ask for forgiveness for sins he and his family had committed. Job did this out of conviction and love for God, not just because it was his role as head of the house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do we carry out our spiritual duties because they are expected, or spontaneously from the heart of devotion?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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