Job Speaks from the anguish of His Soul.
He is seeking hope.
Bildad Returns;
- "If you are pure and upright surely now he would rouse himself for you"
I believe that God helps all people but we keep seeing this recurring idea that you have to be right in order for God to help you. We also see that Job desires to repent but his conscious doesn't convict him but his friends does. I believe the book of Job is a surprise to most people because Job is a righteous man and God makes sure to tell us that before we begin reading about all the terrible things that happen to Job. This story reveals that it is not about what we do and God trusted Job with those circumstances. Many people would have cursed God a long time ago. Cursing would mean saying that God is not good and speaking bad about him. Job did not do wrong but he did not find fault with God. He cursed life, himself, but he blessed God. God put him in the circumstances and we see that Job was a faithful man. God desires a pure heart.
Job seeks God,
"He says that there is no arbitrator between God and man"
Job is on the right path
He says, "in truth I know that this is so; but how can a man be right before God"
This God we serve is so Holy no man measures up
What man can be Holy under attack
When things are good it is easy.
But with boils, no good friends, and a mouthy wife who can stand.
When a man is challenged we learn that he is just flesh.
Job says, "He bruises me with a tempest and multiplies my wounds without a cause"
Is this about power, justice, choices, Job seeks answers.
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