“My Eyes Have Seen You”
Then Job replied to the Lord:
“I know that you can do all
things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted. You asked, ‘Who is this that
obscures my plans without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not
understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
“You said, ‘Listen now, and I
will speak; I will question you, and you shall answer me.’ My ears had heard of you but
now my eyes have seen you. Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and
ashes.”
After the Lord had said these things to Job , he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends,
because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has. So now
take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and sacrifice a burnt
offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you,
and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. You
have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.”
Job 42:1-8
Job’s friends said bad things about Him. It is not uncommon to make
faulty judgments based on minimal information. One of the classic biblical
examples is that of Job’s friends. They wrongly concluded that because a series
of tragedies happened to him, Job had sinned.
In the end, God defended Job and offered a startling conclusion. God
did not rebuke his friends for judging Job but for speaking falsely about
Himself. This is a humbling reminder that when we make careless judgments about
others, we are sinning against God.
If you are a Christian, remember that people judge
your Lord by you.
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