Today’s passage: Job 23
Helpful thoughts:
- Job maintains his position of innocence. This is more a response to all of his friends. He is not interacting directly with what Eliphaz last spoke to him.
- Job doesn’t understand why God has done what He has done. But, he believes God has a purpose for it and it will last as long as God intends it to last.
- The thought of God’s presence terrifies Job, yet he still wants to make his lament and appeal.
Questions to consider:
- What is truly required for a person to stand before God in perfect innocence and righteousness? (Romans 4:3)
- Assuming Job knew this (Or that he trusted in God’s grace for his ultimate salvation), what do you think he is describing when he speaks of himself as an upright man?
- In what way(s) could verses 13-17 bring great comfort to believers in the midst of hardship? What does God do with hardship in our lives (Romans 8:28-30)? What does he call on His children to do with the cares and concerns of our hearts (1 Peter 5:7, James 4:8)?