February 9, 2011

Job 8
Bildad goes right for Job’s throat. In verse four he lets Job know that his children have died because they sinned. Well, yeah, we all die because we sin, but that is part of the human condition from Adam’s fall. Bildad is taking it a step further here. He is accusing Job’s kids of having done something in particular for which God is killing them. In verse 13 he accuses Job of having forgotten God and being a hypocrite. Essentially he is telling Job, “Your circumstance is the result of your sin. If you would repent of what you did to deserve this, God would restore you.”
Sometimes God does use bad circumstances to get our attention. But we need to be very careful about interpreting that as punishment for sin. God does allow bad things to happen to good people like Job. Why? So that others can see Him work in our circumstances. It brings an even greater experiential knowledge of the glory of God. It is a knowledge that tells us that he is greater our worst nightmares. His presence & glory is worth our awful experience. His presence sets all things right. Indeed we serve a glorious King! Speak His glory to someone today!
--Pastor john