IMITATE THEIR FAITH/JOB

 A Wise and Kind Counselor

The account of Job next reveals a surprise. There was another person nearby, a younger man named Elihu. He had been there all along, silently listening to the older men debating. And he was not happy at all with what he had heard,

Elihu was upset with Job. It pained him to see righteous Job to allow himself to be goaded into "trying to prove himself right rather than God." Yet, Elihu truly felt sympathy for Job-he could see the man's pain, his sincerity, and his desperate need for kind counsel and comfort. No wonder Elihu ran out of patience with the false comforters!  He had heard them attacking Jo, trying to undermine his faith, his dignity, and his integrity. Worse still, their twisted words declared God himself wicked. Elihu was fairly bursting with the urge to speak! - JOB 32:2-4, 18.

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