Trusting in His Timing: Devotions for Patience and Faith

THURSDAY, 7 NOVEMBER 2024

 

TEXT: JOB 33:1-22

 

TOPIC: ELIHU CHALLENGES JOB'S DEFENCE

 

Elihu acknowledged that, even though he was young he could still offer advice to an elderly person and be an effective spokesperson for Job before God. He also thought that Job's problem was that he was an unrepented sinner. He condemned Job, a righteous man, but from the look of things he did not hear Job carefully.

 

Job certainly knew that he was a sinner in a general sense and could not be considered righteous before God.

 

Elihu told Job that God did not owe him or anyone else an explanation for what He does and that Job was wrong to demand an explanation. He stated that God is good and that God still speaks to people who are still suffering so as to save their souls from death.

 

In other words, while Elihu believed that suffering was a source of education, Job's other friends viewed it as punishment for sinners alone. Elihu also saw suffering as a way of correcting the lives of people He was already committed to saving.

 

QUESTION: Like Elihu, have we misinterpreted the words of a person going through suffering?

 

PRAYER: Help me dear Lord not to wrongly accuse another person. Help me to give succor to people who are going through suffering and pain, in Jesus name. Amen.

Remain Blessed      

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