Job was a great man of faith. God said so and demonstrated his faith to us. But Job made a mistake common to many of us, and probably all of us at one time or another.
Job, this great man of faith, accused God of wrong doing.
He declared God to be unfair – unjust, mistaken – unrighteous, confused – not knowing, and we could probably list other charges of wrong Job leveled against God to himself and his friends. God’s first question, “Who is this that darkens council without knowledge?” This was followed by many other questions demonstrating to Job that his lack of knowledge meant he was in no position to pass judgement upon God.
Job was never given the answers to his questions. He was brought back to the reality of trust in God.
Sure, from Job’s perspective, the things that happened to him seemed bad and wrong. They would to all of us. But were they from God’s perspective? We can’t see the end of the matter; therefore, we cannot come close to seeing things from God’s perspective. We should learn to trust God, not judge Him.
Wouldn’t knowing that help us be a little more patient with one another? Shouldn’t we all be more careful about passing judgement on others simply from our own perspective?
A Common Mistake
Job was a great man of faith. God said so and demonstrated his faith to us. But Job made a mistake common to many of us, and probably all of us at one time or another. Job, this great man of faith, accused God of wrong doing. He declared God to be unfair – unjust, […]
