Bildad is irritated with Job’s insistence that he is suffering innocently. To Bildad, Job is a loser. He has lost both house and household: everything that he could rely on. Bildad’s worldview has only one answer for such tragedy. It has to be the judgment of God. If you and I did not have access to the secret information shared earlier in this book, we would probably be cheering Bildad on. Can we learn from this ancient book? Can we dare to look beyond the obvious and have compassion on the losers we know?
LORD, give us the compassion to stop branding people, and actually help the needy.
Job 18
Jesus ministered to those nobody else would have paid much attention to and we are called to do the same. Thanks for the reminder.