Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Job 13

"What you know, I also know;
am not inferior to you.
But I would speak to the Almighty,
And I desire to reason with God.
But you forgers of lies,
You are all worthless physicians." vv.2-4


Read chapter 13
Job's friends have claimed to instruct him and set him right on basis of their age and experience but Job argues that they know no more than he knows and that they are all equal.  
How frustrating is it when you go to the doctor when you're sick and they tell you the same thing that you're guessing you have?  Like they should have a more profound answer or conclusion or remedy but all they do is tell you the same stuff you told them of what you think is wrong or how to get better.  So it was with Job's friends; they had noting new to say and some words were not even correct.  To broken hearts and wounded consciences, all creatures, without Christ, are physicians of no value. Job evidently speaks with a very angry spirit against his friends. They had advanced some truths which nearly concerned Job, but the heart unhumbled before God, never meekly receives the reproofs of men.
Are you going to the One who can fix your problems?  Are you looking for answers and remedies that don't satisfy?  

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