Job 42:7-17; Epilogue
Dear RTB’ers,
In addition to our eleven verses today, our STS authors have given us two days to rethink the book of Job. We had a really good discussion at our RTB gathering this past Sunday, covering many of the main points that readers typically point out about the book. So, what to say further? I think I’ll cover that tomorrow.
For today we have God commending Job (spoken of Me what is right) and railing out against Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar (a “not” added to the verse just cited), with no mention of Elihu. Much of what the three friends had said about Job was downright wrong. Presumably that’s what displeased God about them; then again, it may have simply been their attitude toward Job. God looks at the heart, right? But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.” (I Samuel 16:7) And their hearts, apparently, were not “pure”!
God is silent regarding Elihu. Does that signify approval? I tend to think so. Then I ask myself, if I sense that God has been silent in my life, does that signify His approval? Or, has He really been silent? Maybe I’m not a good listener? I know that I’m hard-of-hearing, but all of us need to learn to recognize those “still small voices” through which He speaks. (I Kings 19:12, KJV) Listen carefully; maybe He is asking you to comment today…??
Blessings!
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