Sat.’s Devo - Job’s Great Comforters

Read: Job 8:1-11:20, 1 Co. 15:1-28, Ps. 38:1-22, Pr. 21:28-29 Bildad’s name means “confusing love”. He suggests that God killed Job’s children because of their sin. I would say he got the love of God confused. Then he suggests that Job is a hypocrite. He assesses that a person’s life should start out insignificant and small and end significant and great. Job’s life has done the opposite so the error must lie in Job. A righteous man would be accepted of God, happy, and protected from his enemies. Job agrees with his last statement but argues that no one is blameless before God. God is all-powerful, omnipotent, creator of all, invisible, just, overwhelming, mighty, but Job still says that at this moment he is blameless. He explains that God is sovereign and bad things happen to the good and the bad. Job understands that God finds him guilty, but there is no advocate for him. Because of this, he hates his life and just wants to die in peace. Zohar answers and disagrees with all Job has said. He thinks that if God would talk he would condemn Job. What great comfort! In the New Testament Paul explains that before Christ rose, no one had risen from the dead. They all lived in the land of the dead called Sheol. Once Christ rose, now all in Christ rise. There is coming a day when death will be completely destroyed. Lord, open our hearts to contain more of You.