Five tough questions
So let’s see what else Elihu has to say in chapters 35-37 of the Book of Job. Elihu: So Job, consider this. How fair is it that you claim to be right (and that God...
Author: Helen Redfern
Embrace your pain
Enter Elihu. We haven’t met him before. He’s been waiting in the wings. Watching. Listening. Growing more and more impatient with Job and his friends. So these three men stopped answering Job, because he...
Job’s summing up
The next three chapters – Job 29 to 31 – are entitled Job’s final discourse. This is his summing up, his conclusion, his way of stating his case in its entirety. So let’s have a...
Where can wisdom be found?
We have come to an interlude. A welcome break in Job’s tortuous conversation back and forth with his three friends. They’ve covered the same territory over and over again. Wrestled with the same questions....
When you don’t agree with what I’m doing….
Job 25 is a very short chapter. Only 6 verses. It’s Bildad’s next response to Job. Bildad: God is awesome! Totally awesome! He rules over everything. He’s in charge of all that exists. No one...
When God seems far away
Chapter 22. Eliphaz again. I wonder how many of you are still with me. Eliphaz: Do you think any of us can actually add anything to God? He doesn’t need us to make Him look...
Why me and not them?
And so the conversation back and forth continues. Job 20 sees another response to Job from his friend Zophar. Zophar: Sorry, Job, I can’t keep quiet. I can’t keep what I’m thinking to myself. I’m...
Being there for the long haul
Job 18 sees us back with Bildad, Job’s friend. One of Job’s comforters. Bildad: Oh for goodness sake, Job, you’re being ridiculous. When are you going to stop talking such rubbish? Be sensible, and then we...
What kind of witness is that?
So now we’ve arrived at Job Chapter 15 and Job’s friend Eliphaz’s latest response to his friend. I set you the challenge yesterday of reflecting on how you would respond. I wonder if it...
Don’t tell me what to say or think!
And so we move on to Job’s next reply. He appears to be getting more and more short-tempered, more and more desperate. Job: Well, of course, you think you’re the only ones with anything important...
