Job 8Bildad uses an excellent argument, which would no doubt have been very successful except for the fact that Job was innocent. Bildad compares Job’s previous fortune to that of a Papyrus plant, which grows quickly and looms above other plants, – a signh of strength –yet it can be easily destroyed. The assumption was that Job was being punished for sin. How often do we see people in sad circumstances and conclude that they must have brought their fate upon themselves? How often do we suffer setbacks and ask God what we did to deserve them? This is the same mindset that caused the rich Pharisees in Jesus’ day to miss God entirely. Personal health and wealth are not barometers of our spiritual condition.
LORD, we seek a relationship with you. We will not settle for the apparent signs. We want the substance.
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