Job hasn't let us off easy in chapter 27. He actually has a three part affair that is his rebuttal to his friends. As outlined in my last post, he states the obvious – "I haven't done anything to deserve this."<\/p>\n
Here in part two, his aim is on a better definition of a wicked<\/em> person. More specifically, the relation of a wicked person's life to that of a just God. Job is very clear in stating that his enemy, whomever they might be should be treated like the wicked and unjust. <\/p>\n The analogy here might be "will your voice-activated phone hear you [more]when you have thrown it away?" Or better yet, "will your friend hear you calling for help when you have hung up on them?" Job is clearly saying that the wicked and unjust (you add your own definitions for those two) will fall into the "I can't hear you<\/em>" phase of life when they start to call out for help.<\/p>\n Even better, Job seems to make clear that even in the middle of problems, the question still pops us about how they (the wicked and unjust) will treat God. The question is will they\/you "delight" or "honor" God and trust Him at all times? Think about some fo the things in which you take delight in your life – your car, fishing gear, golf clubs, or CD collection, kids, spouse or clothes. That is what he is saying about people. Will they take as much joy in their relationship with God as they do with "things?" Will they treat God the same way?<\/p>\n Job leaves us with the quandry – a rhetorical question. Something to think about. Even though he is talking to his three friends, it is as though he is talking to all of us, when in verse 11 he says "Let me tell you about God's power! Let it be clear that I will not hold back anything as I tell you about the Almighty. But why should I bother telling you, since you have already seen everything about His power and might! And even after seeing all that, how can you act so foolishly?" (my version)<\/p>\n The question is left for each of us to answer. The obvious is right in front of us, yet we still question how we ought to live. <\/p>\n Maybe Job's question should have been "So, knowin' everything you know, whatcha gonna do now?"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Job hasn't let us off easy in chapter 27. He actually has a three part affair that is his rebuttal to his friends. As outlined in my last post, he states the obvious – "I haven't done anything to deserve…
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