Scripture: Job 42: 7
7 After the Lord had said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.
Scripture Commentary:
God made it clear that Job’s friends had not spoken the truth about Him. The fact that God mentioned no specific sins against Job confirms that Job led a devout and obedient life. Job’s friends erred in assuming that Job’s suffering was the result of sin.
How often do we play judge and jury when we witness things happening in someone else’s life? Like Job’s friends, we judge without knowing what God is doing. God is in control and He is the one and only judge.
Job prayed for his friends after they criticized him. It’s difficult to forgive someone who has accused you of wrongdoings. But Job did forgive.
Jesus did the same thing. In Luke 23: 34, He said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”
If you cannot forgive, how can you ask for forgiveness? Are you praying for those who have hurt you?
Would Job have praised God had nothing been restored to him? The answer is yes. Read the entire book of Job and you will see that Job understood that he came from God and belonged to God. That is the truth of of everyone’s life.
All you have belongs to God and it is His gift to you. Do not hoard His gifts; share them. Jesus said that whoever gives up something for God’s Kingdom will be repaid. The payment may not be here on earth but when God welcomes you to take your rest in His eternal home with Him.
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