Scripture Thought (What I Learned):
Chapter 30: Job Weeps for Those in Trouble
At this
point Job is pretty upset, men younger than him are mocking him, Job was
tortured by the irony of it all. The sons of men whom Job would not even put
with the dogs of his flock were now his mockers and
critics.
Job was now low in the eyes of
these worthless men. Job, continues again to describe his present crisis. He
described the persistent, gnawing pains that were ever with him; but
for him it was first a crisis of the soul.
Chapter 31: Job Invites Judgement from God
This
chapter covers Job’s final answer to his friends and their arguments.
“Doth
not he see my ways, and count all my steps? If I have walked with vanity, or if
my foot hath hasted to deceit; Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God
may know mine integrity. If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart
walked after mine yese, and if any blot hath cleaved to mind hands; Then let me
sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out” (Job 31:4-8)
Job
says that he is not in the wrong… however, if he is infact in the wrong and he
has walked in vanity, he says that he should be punished. Job did not want to
lose his integrity before the Lord and therefore, essentially, said let me “reap
what I sow” , don’t punish anyone but Job.
Job
then continues to expound; “For destruction from God was a terror to
me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure. If I have made gold my
hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;” (Job 31:23-24)
Here
Job is saying that he was afraid of the Lord and did not put his trust in
worldly, material things. This is a lesson we all must remember.
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