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For the most
part, I think Elihu gets much right in this passage. Perhaps the greatest point is that we need to
extol God’s greatness more. We need to
make sure that we do not forget to extol God’s greatness. God is great, all the time. God is abundantly great. God’s greatness is ever-present!
Who can
explain God’s wisdom? Who can fathom His
hand at work? Who can anticipate the full coming of His grace? Who among us are not amazed at the abundance
of His love? We need to extol this
greatness.
I also think
that there is also a hint of truth in what Elihu says about wicked people dying
early in life. Don’t get me wrong, I’m
going to talk about the opposite in the next paragraph. The hint of truth, however, is that we often
do reap what we sew. When we make bad
choices, there are consequences. If we make
bad enough choices, we might even snuff our life out before our time. He does allow people to be delivered into the
consequences of their own choices.
That being
said, it’s also time to lift up the old argument against this line of
thinking. While people do suffer the
consequences of their actions, it is not fair to say that all wicked people die
young and all righteous people live to an old age. We cannot assume those with an unfortunate
life story are evil and those who live in luxury are righteous. It simply is a fair conclusion to reach and
it is a worse conclusion to teach to others!
God’s grace
falls upon the evil and the righteous.
God’s generosity is bestowed upon all to the measure of Gods choosing. That is something for which we should praise
God.
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