"The restoration of Job is not just a restoration but a maturity of his understanding. Since Job felt that he had done nothing wrong, he questioned God about the suffering he was enduring and what God was doing about it. But remember, mankind is all together sinful to the LORD. At the beginning of time, the first man and woman chose against what
God had told them, creating a sinful human heart. At the base of it Job, by nature, was sinful just like the rest of us. It would only be Jesus Christ who could do anything about this original error or sin of mankind. Sin is still a problem today, and the only way we can deal with it is to confess those failures to Jesus and ask Him to come into our hearts and take over. The restoration of Job at the end of his story is because God chooses to restore him after this brutal time of testing. This is reflected in the last chapter of the book.
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"Elihu, the arrogant one, is interrupted by God. The LORD answered Job from the storm. He was not messing around! God was there to answer Job’s questions in His own way. God begins to speak to Job by asking him over 80 questions ranging in topic from the beginning of time, the passage of time, an...
"Having a conversation with someone who is humble is very different than speaking with someone who is convinced of their own personal greatness. In this case, it is difficult to connect on a personal level or even get a word in. Speaking to God is a very different experience, especially when we c...
"It is easy to misunderstand the meaning of an absolute perfect and caring God in times when we don’t feel cared for at all. Too often our emotion overturns our spiritual reason when we are experiencing the darkness of evil. We wonder what God could possibly be doing while we suffer through pain ...
