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In today’s
chapter, we get a mixed bag when it comes to Job and his expression of
faith. At the beginning, Job seems a
little accusatory of God. Has God taken
away his right? If God really to blame
for the bitterness of Job’s soul? Is Job
perfect? Is Job even righteous apart
from God? Job gets on a pretty high
horse in these verses.
On the other
hand, Job refuses to abandon God. While
he may feel like God has been unfair, Job isn’t looking to leave God. He is still faithful. He still wants to be counted by God.
This leads
to an interesting perspective the rest of the chapter. Job stays with God in spite of his feelings
of unfairness. So where is it that the
wicked turn? Where is it that the godless turn?
Who hears
the cry of the godless? In what great
omnipotent power do the godless hope? What
is the thing in which the godless take delight, and how long does it last?
I know there
are many things to which people do turn.
There are many things in which we place our hope and our joy. As for me, I am glad my hope and my joy is in
the Lord. It may not always lead to the
easiest life. It may not always lead to
the simplest of life. But it certainly
does lead to an eternal life. It leads
to a belief and a hope that no person can take away. It leads to a hope that endures rather than
fades.
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