Author Archives: Jefferson Vann
wondrous works
Job 36:22-37:24 Elihu insists that God always works wondrous works. the last thing that he expects is that God would sit on the sidelines and wait. But that is what the God of wonders does for Job. The wonder God … Continue reading
myopia
Job 36:1-21 Elihu assumes that God only works in one way and for one reason. He fails to see the big picture that revealed why Job was suffering. He was guilty of theological myopia. LORD, forgive us for being so … Continue reading
defending God
Job 34-35 Elihu insists that God must be in the right, therefore Job must have wronged someone for God to bring this suffering upon him. He feels he must say this in order to defend God. Believers need to be … Continue reading
is God speaking?
Job 33 Elihu spoke calming words in spite of the fact that he was angry at everyone. He wanted Job to see his calamity as God’s attempt to rescue him. God speaks through many means, and sometimes he uses misfortune … Continue reading
having to say something
Job 32 Elihu enters the conversation as a young man who is frustrated. His elders have let him down. He thought for sure that their age (and their apparent good standing before God) would break Job of his stubborn refusal … Continue reading
trial by implication
Job 31 Job’s therapists had not brought formal charges against him, but he fully understood their implications. In his final appeal, Job answers those implied charges: marital unfaithfulness – not guilty (1-4) theft of conspiracy to steal – not … Continue reading
honest to God
Job 30 What we hear in this chapter is the prayer of a man who is used to being honest with his creator. He has been humbled and has suffered unjustly and he is not just sitting around quoting worship … Continue reading
the good old days
Job 29 Listening to Job describe the kind of life he had lived, it is not hard to understand how much of a temptation he had to do as his wife had suggested: curse God and die. But Job remained … Continue reading
the wisdom mine
Job 28 Job’s therapists had claimed to be sharing great wisdom. They thought they knew his situation and what caused it. They thought they were helping him by their wisdom. But Job speaks of wisdom as illusive. He knows where … Continue reading
the hand of God
Job 27 We have to be careful that we do not read Job as if he is now agreeing with his therapists. He has all along argued that his misfortune was not God’s doing. What he says now sounds a … Continue reading
