"As God liveth... while my breath is in me, my lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit." Job cries!
Life still isn't making sense, but Job continues to hold on. "Where is wisdom?" he goes on to ask. Wisdom is not found in the land of the living, and it can't be purchased with gold. It comes only from the Lord.
"Behold the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to depart from evil is understanding." (Job 28:28)
It would be so easy for Job to curse God, for Job to give in to his feelings and the circumstances around himself that seem so grim... but the more time that goes on, the more he seems emboldened in his faith.
Ellen White writes, "He who lives in accordance with the creator's will is securing to himself the truest and noblest development of character... There are few who realize the influence of the little things of life upon the development of character. Nothing with which we have to do is really small. The varied circumstances that we meet day by day are designed to test our faithfulness and to qualify us for greater trusts." (Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 222, 223)
Job is proving faithful to his test! Are we staying faithful in ours?
Tomorrow's Reading: Job 29-30 and Luke 23
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