Job 42

“I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear,
But now my eye sees You.
6 Therefore I abhor myself,
And repent in dust and ashes.” vv.5-6

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I believe this is the lesson of this whole book.  We see James say, "Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and seen the end intended by the Lord—that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful" (5:11).  The end that was intended by the Lord when Job finally realized a humbleness in himself he needed and how the Lord appearing to him and speaking directly to him brought that on.  It wasn't by a whip that God had to beat him in to it, but by telling Job of who HE IS, the great I AM. This is what brought Job to his knees.  He abhorred himself and called himself "vile" or "unworthy" in 40:4, realizing his undeserving of God's mercy and compassion.
Even when you haven't done "anything wrong" are you able to humble yourself and say you're a sinner?  That the Lord's righteousness is greater than our own and that we are all deserving of death but because of His compassion and mercy we are saved?  What would be the end intended by the Lord if it were you in Job's shoes?