Job: Suffering With Purpose
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there, and backward, but I do not perceive him; on the left hand when he is working, I do not behold him; he turns to the right hand, but I do not see him. But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold.
Job 23:8–10
Godly wisdom is from above.
Job speaks of the value or wisdom, understanding and the fear of the Lord. Job 28
What God desires, that He does. He will complete what he appoints for His people.
In its fallen state, the world systems will always be riddled with injustice, inequality and inequity. The gospel is the only remedy. Job holds to two certainties as one who…
Although God is incomprehensible, He is knowable by His self-revelation through His Son, Jesus Christ. Job discovered that knowing God came through suffering.
But how can a man be in the right before God? He is not a man, as I am, that I might answer him, that we should come to trial…
Without filter, aside from any facade, Job bears his soul in lament of his affliction. But his lament is grounded upon what is true about God and what is true…
An introduction to the book of Job.