I've long thought that if God was capable of sarcasm, he does it in response to Job's very fair question. God tells Job something like this: "Where were you when I created the universe? He calls Job a "critic." He is a good man suffering terribly. He wants life to make sense. Israel means to "wrestle" with God. The Hebrews felt they had the right to use their brains, and when life makes no sense, they have the right to question. After the Holocaust Eli Wiesel said, do we not have the right to ask, why? The hardest question for Christian apologists to answer is why God causes or allows suffering. From Job to Wiesel much has been written but the question stubbornly remains.
Job was the most wise person knowing God's love for him in his heart who understood the GOD's mighty presence even in times of the trials and the wickedness which gripd him and he felt helpless but chose to trust God even in midst of the harsh arguments. Job is the book where GOD's fullness is felt as a Judge and job advocating his own case. Job was filled with God's love for him and he understood God's mighty power.
We all need the same wisdom which allow us resting in God and trusting Him in every situation.
Awesome 🔥, I am learning to trust because I have finally learned that I don't have the answers but I know who does, praise God . Thank you for sharing what God has put in your heart🙏
Thank you. Great image of this often puzzling book. Critics of scripture amplify the implied wager between God and Satan to "test" Job's faith by visiting disaster upon his life; making God out to be a ruthless, evil overlord whose vanity was tested by His cosmic opponent. This essay is a fresh and clear eyed assessment of the book of Job.
And the answer always is “God says, ‘I am God’” It is such a hard truth to accept until we have been completely broken and know that is all we have and all we want…God’s grace and eternal peace 🙏
I am holding onto various things from my BC life. I know that I want an open heart that can see when God is moving. I am blinded by experiences of hurt. I ask God for wisdom to move on and see him more clearly.
Yes ,I have been suffering for many years and l am a born again child of God for 49+ years received the wonderful, Holy Spirit with my prayer language love to share my testimony and preach when I get the opportunity.. I pray for healing I was a union carpenter back ,and legs pain many years i ask God to heal me i still want to do the Lord's work his word says I can be healed his word is truth iam 77 if he does I will praise him thank him,if he wants me to wait I will and I will still praise him,I love him no matter what ,he is my creator and my God,forever Amen
The fact is we are like Job when we face trials and when God feels distant. We want to question Him, but the canon causes us to reflect on trusting God in His sovereignty. When our lives seem to have more valleys than mountains, we can have peace knowing that God is our firm foundation who sustains us through it all.
I’ve always loved the Book of Job, though it’s one of the hardest of the Wisdom Books to fully grasp. These verses always stuck with me: Job 12:7-10🕊️ But now ask the beast and they will teach you, and the birds of the air, and they will tell you; or speak to the Earth, and it will teach you; and the fish of the sea will explain to you, who, among all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this, in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?🕊️ One can easily guess that dear Job is one of the 24 Elders.
Its amazing to me that we will someday have a perfect life when we get to heaven. I think I need prayer to have more faith that this is true. I struggle with this .
I've long thought that if God was capable of sarcasm, he does it in response to Job's very fair question. God tells Job something like this: "Where were you when I created the universe? He calls Job a "critic." He is a good man suffering terribly. He wants life to make sense. Israel means to "wrestle" with God. The Hebrews felt they had the right to use their brains, and when life makes no sense, they have the right to question. After the Holocaust Eli Wiesel said, do we not have the right to ask, why? The hardest question for Christian apologists to answer is why God causes or allows suffering. From Job to Wiesel much has been written but the question stubbornly remains.
Job was the most wise person knowing God's love for him in his heart who understood the GOD's mighty presence even in times of the trials and the wickedness which gripd him and he felt helpless but chose to trust God even in midst of the harsh arguments. Job is the book where GOD's fullness is felt as a Judge and job advocating his own case. Job was filled with God's love for him and he understood God's mighty power.
We all need the same wisdom which allow us resting in God and trusting Him in every situation.
Amen.
Awesome 🔥, I am learning to trust because I have finally learned that I don't have the answers but I know who does, praise God . Thank you for sharing what God has put in your heart🙏
Thank you. Great image of this often puzzling book. Critics of scripture amplify the implied wager between God and Satan to "test" Job's faith by visiting disaster upon his life; making God out to be a ruthless, evil overlord whose vanity was tested by His cosmic opponent. This essay is a fresh and clear eyed assessment of the book of Job.
And the answer always is “God says, ‘I am God’” It is such a hard truth to accept until we have been completely broken and know that is all we have and all we want…God’s grace and eternal peace 🙏
I am holding onto various things from my BC life. I know that I want an open heart that can see when God is moving. I am blinded by experiences of hurt. I ask God for wisdom to move on and see him more clearly.
Thank you❣️ Jobs “friends “ are quite a bit of a trial…..🤷🙀🥲✝️❤️😻
This is very interesting, I have not seen this until now
Yes ,I have been suffering for many years and l am a born again child of God for 49+ years received the wonderful, Holy Spirit with my prayer language love to share my testimony and preach when I get the opportunity.. I pray for healing I was a union carpenter back ,and legs pain many years i ask God to heal me i still want to do the Lord's work his word says I can be healed his word is truth iam 77 if he does I will praise him thank him,if he wants me to wait I will and I will still praise him,I love him no matter what ,he is my creator and my God,forever Amen
This is not Linda ,it's her husband Lamar
The fact is we are like Job when we face trials and when God feels distant. We want to question Him, but the canon causes us to reflect on trusting God in His sovereignty. When our lives seem to have more valleys than mountains, we can have peace knowing that God is our firm foundation who sustains us through it all.
I’ve always loved the Book of Job, though it’s one of the hardest of the Wisdom Books to fully grasp. These verses always stuck with me: Job 12:7-10🕊️ But now ask the beast and they will teach you, and the birds of the air, and they will tell you; or speak to the Earth, and it will teach you; and the fish of the sea will explain to you, who, among all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this, in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?🕊️ One can easily guess that dear Job is one of the 24 Elders.
Its amazing to me that we will someday have a perfect life when we get to heaven. I think I need prayer to have more faith that this is true. I struggle with this .
Needed to hear this today
Thank you
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I finished Job this morning. So timely! It really hit me how good God is in all His ways. And how He carefully oversees all of creation.