by Stuart | 25 May 2022 | Devotionals, Job
We have observed in Job a definite distinction between Job’s approach to suffering and that of his friends. His friends shared a very neat and simple systematic theology, in which God blesses the righteous and punishes the wicked. Job’s affliction was evidence that he...
by Stuart | 25 May 2022 | Devotionals, Job
Of Job’s three friends, Eliphaz had approached his first speech the most gently. To be sure, he had misdiagnosed the situation, but he had done so in a gentle manner. Bildad and Zophar had expressed far greater frustration and had been far blunter in their approaches....
by Stuart | 23 May 2022 | Devotionals, Job
James wrote of Job’s “steadfastness” (ESV) or “endurance” (CSB) (5:7). The King James Version famously translates it as “the patience of Job.” If Job was a model of patience, perhaps it was with his friends more than anything else! We have considered the opinions of...
by Stuart | 22 May 2022 | Devotionals, Job
Bildad, we saw previously, had a profoundly simplistic faith. In his theology, God is just and his actions always consistent with justice. If he blesses, it is because we have done right. If he withdraws blessing, or if he sends affliction, it is because we have done...
by Stuart | 19 May 2022 | Devotionals, Job
“It’s not fair!” I’ve long lost count of hope many times I’ve heard those words from my children. I’ve probably said or thought similar things even more often. There is something in the human psyche that desperately wants fairness, even if we know we will never fully...
