Who Can Understand?

What a thrilling thought! “Bildad, as magnificent as all of these things are, what I’ve mentioned represents only the fringes of His ways.” Isn’t “fringes” a great word? The fringes, the outer edges of His ways . . .

No Surprise

What Job lacked here in tact, he made up for in total honesty. Frankly, this was no time for tact. Bildad has been brutal. It’s doubtful he would even hear if Job had been soft and diplomatic. Job gets tough! Sores will do that to you.

Accepting God’s Plan

David, in Psalm 139, makes the appropriate comment, “Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is too high, I cannot attain to it” (v. 6). If David lived today, he would write, “This blows my mind.”

Grace Under Pressure

We could go all the way through this list to the end. There are wrongs, there are failures, and there are injustices. There were robberies and sexual sins and hidden wrongs done in the dark. And where is God? He is permitting it. Why?

God Will Reward

Back when Job’s body was covered with sores, when his friends were still against him, when he was bankrupt and sitting in a garbage dump at the outskirts of the city, Job had the temerity to say, “But He knows the way I take.”

His Purpose

Job struggles, finally admitting his frustration: he cannot find God. Ever been there? Of course. All of us have! There are days we search in vain for some visible evidence of the living God.

Demonstrating Class

As we get to chapters 23 and 24 of Job, we observe three calm, vulnerable responses from him. Take the time to read through these two chapters—they’re magnificent!

Harsh but Realistic

While speaking the truth Job left the defense of his own character in the Lord’s hands. He was firm and deliberate, but he remained in control. I repeat, I understand what it’s like to be unjustly maligned.

Stay with the Truth

Chances are good that many of you who are reading these lines are currently the target of someone’s lying accusations. That can be an anguishing cross to bear. I’ve been there, so I speak from painful experience.

Silencing Lies

Let’s fast-forward momentarily and face the music. Some of you who are reading these words have awfully sharp tongues. You say things that cut, but you couch your words in phrases that sound pious and even eloquent.