I enjoy reading Job at the beginning of the year, as we do in the Spoken Word Bible Reading Plan! I have seen things in a much clearer way this year than ever before! We KNOW how Job got himself into trouble from Job 3:25. Most of the rest of this book is about Job wondering why God is doing this to him and when it will stop, and his "friends" accusing him of some undisclosed sin that caused it all. All the while, God knew the answer, if Job would only have asked the right question! Job said this in Job 28:23-28:
23 God understands the way [to Wisdom] and He knows the place of it [Wisdom is with God alone].
24 For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.
25 When He gave to the wind weight or pressure and allotted the waters by measure,
26 When He made a decree for the rain and a way for the lightning of the thunder,
27 Then He saw [Wisdom] and declared it; He established it, yes, and searched it out [for His own use, and He alone possesses it].
28 But to man He said, Behold, the reverential and worshipful fear of the Lord — that is Wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
When someone KNOWS where to find the Wisdom, why would they not ASK for it? James 1:5:
5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that gives to all men liberally, and upbraids not; and it shall be given him.
Shalom in Him!
