This lovely girl is my first grandbaby. Today is her 3rd birthday! Happy Birthday Missy Boo!!
Job reminded them that no one could win an argument with God. No one can be righteous before God. He can do things we cannot begin to fathom. He passes us and we can't see him. He has made the constellations of the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades among others. Job told them he couldn't plead his case but only beg for mercy. Job told them that no matter what he did they would still condemn him. He lamented that there was no joy in his life. Job loathed his life and wondered if it pleased God to oppress him. Job felt utterly defeated.
Job complained to God that he didn't understand what he had done to deserve the challenges he faced. He told God that he knew He had created him and that He showered him with kindness. But now, no matter how hard he tried the suffering did not stop.
Then Zophar spoke and called Job's speech foolish. He wished for God to speak and explain things to Job, and that he had punished him less than he deserved. What hope could he have when he knew so little about the mysteries of God? Zophar told him it was easier to tame a wild donkey than to make a fool wise. He told him if he surrendered his heart to God, prayed, and put away his sin and allowed no evil to dwell in his tent then the evil would go away and life would be good again.
Job spoke again and reminded them that he knew as much as they did. He told them that he had always lived right, that God had answered his prayers, only to find that his friends made fun of him. He told them that it was easy to condemn those who are suffering when you have no troubles. Job told them that the best teachers about God were the wild animals and birds, flowers and fish, that any one of them could tell them what God had done, that they were in the hands of God.
Tomorrow read Job 12:13-16:10
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