Greetings in Christ Jesus, Fellow Soldiers.
It is tempting for us to turn Scripture into our own personal rule book. Proverbs becomes our guide for financial planning or parenting. Song of Songs becomes our guide for cultivating our marriages. Job becomes our how-to on dealing with suffering.
Remember that Scripture is fundamentally about Jesus. Jesus is the wisdom espoused in Proverbs. He is the fulfillment of the covenantal love expressed in Song of Songs. There was certainly none more afflicted by Satan's assaults and temptations than Jesus, to whom Job stood as a pointer.
All of these portions of Scripture have real applications for how we are to live, but if we are to understand these applications, we must first understand these portions in relation to Jesus.
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