It is extremely disheartening to see human evil and wickedness today. The ease with which so
many people seem to take up dark ways and set themselves against goodness and morality is
disturbing. Especially as we try to orient our lives to follow after God, the evil around us can be
really troubling. It is so important for us not to become too distracted with this though, let’s set
our eyes upon God and focus on hearing Him. Job had it a little bit different, it was he who was
being accused of evil by his friends, and it was he who had been seemingly punished by losing
everything. What we see though is that Job was complaining to God and not to man. He knew
he needed God to answer. Only God truly knew what was going on. Only God could satisfy
Job’s heart and mind. Why couldn’t Job’s friends see this? They needed to pray with him, not
accuse him or complain about him.
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Does Evil Succeed?; Job 24-28
It is galling to live in this life with so many who are thriving in evil. Especially when you are trying to follow God and coming up against struggles. This can give us a sense of how Job must have felt. He had lost everything and didn’t know why. He had been trying! He had been doing everything ...
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Am I Wrong?; Job 29-32
We often assume that God would do things exactly the way we would. But God thinks in much different ways than we do. God is an entirely different being than we are. He is inherently holy, eternal, moral, and good. We are bound to time and experiences, and sin has affected the way we think. We are...
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Elihu Speaks; Job 33-36
When you are truly in need it can be a really difficult thing to listen to someone who is full of themselves. Elihu seems to be such a man, full of pride. He listened to the arguments of Job’s friends and was frustrated that they failed to move Job. So now, it is his turn. Elihu’s name means “He ...
