Job 6-8 ; Journey through Job

Heyy family, so today’s been interesting and I’m so tired in writing this. You know when you’re reading something and as much as you try it’s just not going in? So I went STRAIGHT for AMP, I didn’t even bother with NKJV or NIV, but even then I felt like I was missing something. I ended up going back to chapter 4 and reading Eliphaz’s reply to Job all over again and found something new. Beneath all that I thought was wisdom, Eliphaz came to the conclusion that the bad things that were happening to Job were because he had sinned against God. Hearing Eliphaz’s reply to Job made Job’s argument even more powerful as He defends his cause. It was then interesting to see Bildad’s response in chapter 8 as he suggested that maybe all the bad things that happened to Job were because his children had sinned and that’s why God punished them.

In this no verses in either of the chapters stood out in particular, it was more of the message behind the portion of scripture and the reasoning of Job’s friends. In times of confusion it is very easy to listen to what the people around you have to say especially when God is silent. Each one of Job’s friends make a seemingly important argument on the surface; but knowing the truth of the matter shows the reader how easy it is for people to come up with assumptions, and how easy it is for the person going through trouble to take in the assumptions out of a need to see logic.

One thing that kept coming to my mind in reading this was “When you don’t see the hand of God, trust the heart of God”. Yes Job wouldn’t have had the Bible to go to in his time of suffering, but we do. If we would learn to hang on to God’s promises in times of trouble then we would no longer be pulling our hair out trying to figure out why we go through things. What I’ve learnt over the years is that when God’s silent, that’s when He’s calling us to draw closer to Him and just trust, REST and abide in His truth and the promises within His word. One of my friends was telling me that there are over 3000 promises for us to hold on to in the Bible. If we would strive to hold 12, close to our hearts that’s 1 for each month or 52 is one for each week, or 365 would be one for each day. Then we would know for OURSELVES without a doubt just how awesome our God is. 

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