Job Stood Form

 Poor Job was already in a state of despair when this long debate began. From the outset, he admitted that his words sometimes amounted to "wild talk" and  "a desperate man's sayings." (Job 6:3, 26) We can understand why. His words reflected the agony of his heart. They also reflected his limited perspective because the tragedies that befell him and his family came so suddenly and even appeared to be supernatural, Job assumed that Jehovah was the cause. There were important events of which Job knew nothing, so he rested some of his reasoning on faulty assumptions.

However, Job was a man of deep strong faith. His faith came through in much of what he said in that long debate-words that are true, beautiful and encouraging to us today. When he spoke of the marvels of creation, he glorified God in ways that no human could without God's help. For instance, he said that Jehovah is "suspending the earth upon nothing"a statement many centuries in advance of scientic knowledge." (Job26:7) And when Job spoke of his own hope of the future, he expressed a confidence and  that other men of great faith have held as well. Job believed that if death should take him, God would remember him, would miss him l, and would eventually restore him to life. -JOB14:23-15; Hebrews11:17-19:35.

Next time: Job Stood Firm - Conclusion

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