Job 20

Zophar argues that reversal of fortune is always God’s doing. 

1. Those who are exalted (6) he brings down to the depths.
2. Those experiencing sweetness (12) he poisons.
3. The full he devours (22,26).

A world in which our condition is always the result of our past actions is comforting to the rich, and sometimes the poor prefer it as well, because it challenges them to take command of their own destiny.  No one is comfortable being a pawn in the game of life.  But the book of Job reminds us that there are more players than just ourselves.  Sometimes our best efforts are trumped by those with better hands.  In the end, the purpose of the game is not to win.  It is to walk away still being friends with all the players.  Job knew that. His therapists did not.

LORD, no matter what happens to us, help us to hold on to our relationship with you.