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man whose strength is in thee.” Those who trust only in their riches, position, or family are helpless and bitter toward God when these things are taken away from them. Those who trust in the Lord Jesus Christ are joyful even when suffering and sorrow and loss enter into their lives. Christians know that “all things work together for good to them that love God.” They know that “He doeth all things well” in the lives of those whose strength is in Him. From their hearts they can say, “I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.” controlled the stars in their courses. Since the mystery of the things of earth, and of the heavens, are be yond human understanding, then why did Job and his friends attempt to unravel the mystery of a human life in all of its experiences, or to charge God with mistakes in His providences touching that life (Isa. 55:9; 9:20). The question “Why?” is Satan’s entering wedge, often lead ing to denial of God and His good ness and wisdom. Points and Problems “Then the Lord answered Job” (88:1). God answered Job in the sense that He caused him to see his own littleness in comparison with God’s mightiness. Job had spoken words beyond his knowledge. Elihu stated it (34:35) and Job later con fessed it to be so (42:3). He had gone too far in some of his expres sions and needed to be humbled a bit. Although Job was by no means guilty of the specific charges that his “comforters” had brought against him, yet there was a pride in his heart which had to die ere he could be all that God wanted him to be. God accomplished this by giving Job a vision of Himself. Men cease to see any good in themselves in the pure light of God’s presence. "Who is this that darkeneth coun sel by words without knowledget” (38:2). To whom is the reference here, Job or Elihu? Many find diffi culty in solving this problem. It seems to refer to Job for the following rea sons: (1) the Lord is here definitely concerned with Job. Compare verse 1 with 31:35 where Job’s last words are recorded in which he implored the Lord for an answer; (2) in verse 3, there is the Lord’s challenge to Job to justify himself in view of the senseless words he had been utter ing; (3) Elihu’s words were not “words without knowledge.” They were words of wisdom and in har mony with other Scripture; (4) in
lived. Job gave sacrifices to God reg ularly and prayed for the forgive ness of the sins of his children. To some of his friends, Job said, “I was eyes’ to the blind, and feet Was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor.” God allowed Satan to bring into the life of this good, kind, and generous man much sorrow and suf fering. Rather than complaining and believing that God no longer loved him, or that God was punishing him, Job kept on loving and trusting his Lord. ' The Psalmist said, “Blessed is the
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Job thought, and rightly so, that he was the great one of the earth; he made the mistake of thinking he was great enough to argue with Je hovah. He had stated to the Lord, “Call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me” (13:22). The Lord answered: “Who is this that darkeneth counsel?” He wanted to know if this were His ser vant Job, the godly, the upright, the blameless man? It was as though He said to Job, “Know thyself to'be but a finite being.” He went on: •“Gird up now thy loins,” that he might have strength to listen while the Lord spoke. Job needed a revela tion of Jehovah in the natural world in order to see God’s deity and power (Rom. 1:20), and the unique differ ence between God and man. Job’s smallness in the scheme of things was shown by the greatness of God in nature. J ob ' s I gnorance (J ob 38:16-18, 22, 28) By a series of questions, Jehovah revealed Job’s ignorance and insuffi ciency. The expressions, “Hast thou?” “What hast thou done?” “Knowest thou?” “What dost thou know?” “Canst thou?” and “What can you do?” occur repeatedly in the book of Job. The brevity and insignificance of human life are thus revealed. If Job could not understand these sim ple, everyday, natural things how could he hope to understand the mystery of his own creation, its pur pose, or the providence of God in working out that plan? J ob ' s F o lly ( J ob 38:31, 41) Here the Lord asked additional questions, the answers to which were hidden from Job. If he could not answer these, how foolish it was for him to contend with the One who
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