Tues.’s Devo - Needless Arguments

Read: Job 10-13
Job stoops to complaining to God, accusing God of making him for misery. Job doesn’t deny that he is a sinner but feels like God is being particularly hard on him. Ever felt that way? It does seem some times that everything goes wrong all at once but we should never blame God. God always wants good and blessing for us. Trials prepare us for that.
Zophar is heartless in his speech to Job. He thinks Job loves to hear himself speak and if Job had gotten what he deserved it would have been much worse. Zophar stands for the people who want us to keep our shortcomings and sins ever before us so we can stay humbled. Jesus came to make us forget the past and start over with a new life in Him. Zophar also believed that the mark of the righteous was prosperity. If that were so then Jesus would not have made the cut with him.
Job comments on the high opinion his friends have on their wisdom. He brings out the fact that robbers and thieves are prosperous and their prosperity didn’t come from their righteousness. Job realizes that his friends are disdained by his poverty which makes them the hypocrite. Job comes to the conclusion that though he may not be highly esteemed by his friends God loves him just as he is. He resolves to put himself into the hands of God and trust in Him.
I find myself relating to Job and his friends. They are both trying to justify their beliefs and their opinions. I find myself doing that when I’m challenged rather than letting the Holy Spirit justify himself.
Lord, help us to love others even when they disagree with us and rest in Your justice.