Journal entries about Day 37: Job 6:16 to Job 23:17 (page 444)
Submitted by Regina Merrick on Tue, 05/27/2008 - 11:33.
With friends like Jobes who needs enemies! Job seems to have three so-called friends that definitely don't have his best interest in mind. They are an example of what kind of friends we all don't want, especially if were in the position of Job.
Submitted by Don Scaggs on Mon, 10/01/2007 - 23:14.
I know that my Redeemer lives,
and that in the end he will stand upon the earth.
And after my skin has been destroyed,
yet in my flesh I will see God
After all that Job went through, including not so helpful friends, the questioning, he still believes...
And to fully understand the meaning of my Redeemer!
Submitted by Michelle Knowles on Tue, 05/16/2006 - 21:04.
Some people say that Job never questioned, never wavered through all the hard times, but I saw him question. He asked God why everything was happening to him. I really don't think that he would've been human if he hadn't questioned. I wonder if he was tempted to give it all up & to lose sight of God.
Still, Job never gave up his faith, & that's what this is all about. I truly don't think that God minds us questioning Him or what He's allowed to happen. I really don't! I think it's healthy to ask questions & to seek. Yes, some things must be taken on faith & some questions will never be answered, but I don't think seeking answers to things is wrong. God gave each of us brains & wants us to use them.
Submitted by andrea shinault on Mon, 03/13/2006 - 23:39.
Job is really a good book he is a strong man.
Submitted by Jill Secen on Tue, 11/15/2005 - 17:34.
Week 6:
Ester and Job, and first part of Psalms
What does Faith play in Troubled times – what should we believe.
Faith on trial – This section features people struggling with difficult situations. As God reveals himself to us in the pages of scripture. These stories are about God. See God at work. Job is someone we can understand. Crises are crises. Job and his friends were working under an assumption that justice pervaded the world. If God was just and good, than justice would prevail. When Job finds himself in suffering, he questions God’s justice. Job is not the one on trial here, it is God. How is God going to work in a world of suffering? How God works in this fallen sinful world. This book shifts from question of God’s justice to question of God’s wisdom. For us to determine if justice is done, need evidence, but don’t have it. God is wise his wisdom is something we can affirm. When we affirm God is wise, we know he is just.
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