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Power
God’s Awesome Power (vv. 1-13). Job arrived at a place in his life that was not pretty. Job is frightening as you watch his heart and mind wobble on the brink of disaster. Job is really a mess, at many points. Job is a tortured soul. He is in trouble but he is a hopeful mess. He is a mess that might get fixed, because, here in Chapter 9, he opens up, and we see him as he really is. One of the reasons that Job is a mess is that his friends have tried to teach him history. They are full of facts and figures. They know their stuff. They’ve got it down pat. Do you have any friends like that? They know their Bibles cover to cover and the covers too. They don’t spare the horses. Job’s friends insist on telling him he’s got to get it right. Bildad and Eliphaz and Zophar tell Job, who has lost everything except life itself, that they know the answers: God gives you what you deserve, so admit it, shape up, get with the program, Job. If you will just acknowledge your history, if you will just know how God works, it will make things better. Job cowered under God’s invisible nature, irreversible power (v. 12), and irresistible anger (v. 13).
God’s Arbitrary Power (vv. 14-20). Most of this section is a declaration focusing on the attributes of God, especially His wisdom and power. Job responds to some of the statements of Eliphaz as well as those of Bildad. He acknowledges the truth of what his two friends have said concerning the lack of righteousness in man opposed to God (v. 2). However, it is evident that Job would like to challenge God and be found innocent, but he knows that he can not defend himself before God (v. 3). Job wants an answer to his questions, and he wants God to answer him, but God seems to be far removed from him (vv. 4-8). Job knows that he wouldn’t stand a chance if he came into the presence of God. If God should speak to him, he wouldn’t know what to say (vv. 13-19). God would crush and overwhelm him in strength. Job does not say he is perfect, but he does contend that he is good, yet he recognizes that before God he would not be able to defend himself (v. 20).
Application
God can do whatever He pleases in my life and through my life, and I should not question Him as to why things happen the way they do. Instead I should ask Him what He wants to teach me.
Job 9:1-20 (English Standard Version)
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Job’s Answer to Bildad
Job 9:1–20
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Foster Walker accidentally strolled into the scene of a holdup at a store in Memphis, Tennessee, and heard the gunman order him to surrender his money or “I’ll shoot you.” “You just go ahead and shoot,” Walker said. “I just got through reading my B … More
God’s Awesome Power (vv. 1-13). Job arrived at a place in his life that was not pretty. Job is frightening as you watch his heart and mind wobble on the brink of disaster. Job is really a mess, at many points. Job is a tortured soul. He is in trouble but he is a hopeful mess. He is a mess that might get fixed, because, here in Chapter 9, he opens up, and we see him as he really is. One of the reasons that Job is a mess is that his friends have tried to teach him history. They are full of facts and figures. They know their stuff. They’ve got it down pat. Do you have any friends like that? They know their Bibles cover to cover and the covers too. They don’t spare the horses. Job’s friends insist on telling him he’s got to get it right. Bildad and Eliphaz and Zophar tell Job, who has lost everything except life itself, that they know the answers: God gives you what you deserve, so admit it, shape up, get with the program, Job. If you will just acknowledge your history, if you will just know how God works, it will make things better. Job cowered under God’s invisible nature, irreversible power (v. 12), and irresistible anger (v. 13).
God’s Arbitrary Power (vv. 14-20). Most of this section is a declaration focusing on the attributes of God, especially His wisdom and power. Job responds to some of the statements of Eliphaz as well as those of Bildad. He acknowledges the truth of what his two friends have said concerning the lack of righteousness in man opposed to God (v. 2). However, it is evident that Job would like to challenge God and be found innocent, but he knows that he can not defend himself before God (v. 3). Job wants an answer to his questions, and he wants God to answer him, but God seems to be far removed from him (vv. 4-8). Job knows that he wouldn’t stand a chance if he came into the presence of God. If God should speak to him, he wouldn’t know what to say (vv. 13-19). God would crush and overwhelm him in strength. Job does not say he is perfect, but he does contend that he is good, yet he recognizes that before God he would not be able to defend himself (v. 20).Application
God can do whatever He pleases in my life and through my life, and I should not question Him as to why things happen the way they do. Instead I should ask Him what He wants to teach me.
Job 9:1-20 (English Standard Version)
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