Wednesday, October 28th, 2026
- Job 19 (NLT)
- Mark 1–2 (NLT)
Read all of today's Scripture on Bible GatewayThese readings are confirmed against the Life Journal reading plan for October 28th.
TODAY'S EPISODE: The God Who Comes Near
In today's readings, we encounter a beautiful contrast between suffering and healing, abandonment and belonging, despair and hope.
In Job 19, Job cries out from the depths of his suffering. His friends have misunderstood him, his relationships have fallen apart, and he feels utterly alone. Yet in the midst of his anguish, Job makes an extraordinary declaration of hope: his Redeemer lives.
Then, in Mark 1–2, we encounter Jesus entering into the brokenness of human life. He touches a man with leprosy, heals the sick, forgives sins, calls ordinary people to follow him, and shares meals with those whom respectable religious society has pushed aside.
And in all of this, we begin to see the heart of God.
The God Job longs to encounter is revealed to us in the person of Jesus Christ. Not a distant God who demands that we somehow overcome our brokenness before approaching him, but a God who comes near, who touches the untouchable, who welcomes the outsider, and who restores what has been lost.
Today's invitation is to discover that the Redeemer Job longed for is the very One who has come to us in Jesus.
