Job 12Job reminds his friends that he had been known as a wise man too, before his calamity came. His response to their insistence that he repent for the sin that obviously brought this disaster upon himself is to remind them that ultimately God does what he wishes, and no king, man, or animal can stop him. God is sovereign. Nothing that he does is unfair, for the universe is his. For now, Job has been removed from the honor that was once his as a wise man. That does not mean he has lost his wisdom. Job is down and out. Our temptation is to ignore and deplore those who have met misfortune. We should not yield to that temptation.
LORD, give us the discernment to listen to your voice, no matter whose mouth it is coming from.
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