Mon.’s Devo - Job Heats Up

Read Job 12-13:11 This always makes me laugh. Job’s answer to all his friends is that surely, without a doubt they are THE people and wisdom will die when they die. Then he tries to enlighten them to the fact that he also has a little understanding and is not below them. He tells them that it is easy for people not being attacked to mock and judge those that are. Even people who steal and hate God seem to prosper for a while. But ask the animals, the fish, the earth and the birds and they will attest that wisdom and understanding is found in the aged. If God chooses to shut something, it can’t be opened. (Rev. 3:8) God is in control and if he decides to do something; nothing can stop him. The deceived and the deceiver are his which means that the ungodly and the devil are under his control. He can shut the mouth of wrong council and bad judgement. He can set kings free or bind them up. He controls all government. He can take the voice away from a man the people trust and make an old man senile. He can cause rulers to lose favor and make strong nations weak. He can reveal secrets out of nothing and raise the dead. He can send the leader to wander in the wilderness like he did to Nebuchadnezzer in Daniel 4. All of this Job claims to have seen or heard God do. He claims to know the same things his buddies know. He would love to speak with God and ask him some questions. But as for his friends, he calls them liars and worthless doctors who should have opted to be quiet. At least then, they would have appeared to know something. Then he asks them a few questions. Are they speaking for God these lies, or will they fight against God Almighty? Do they have no fear of God, themselves? I have to agree with Job that his friends should have opted to keep quiet. Maybe instead they should have offered to help clean up after the fray and help Job get his life back together. In their service they might have gained God’s heart for Job. Lord, give us discernment to know what to do in every situation we face. When there seem to be no answers, let us not fabricate one.