Job 5

WEEK 9                                                     Job 5  

FRIDAY  Reflections

Hebrews 12:5

And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: "My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline, or lose heart when He rebukes you.

 

Hebrews 12:6

For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises everyone He receives as a son."

 

Job 5:17

"Behold, how happy is the man whom God reproves, So do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

 

Psalm 94:12

Blessed is the man whom You chasten, O LORD, And whom You teach out of Your law;

 

Proverbs 3:11

My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline, and do not resent his rebuke,

 

All of these scriptures say the same thing that Eliphaz says to Job in chapter 5:17. Yet later in the book, God criticizes Eliphaz and his friends for speaking the way they did to Job. Does this seem like God is being double-minded? Not at all.

 

The reason is though the words are true, it wasn’t true for this situation. God wasn’t punishing Job. The lesson we need to learn here is we may not see the whole problem. It is like the person who criticizes a person who is overweight and says they just need to eat less and exercise more. However, they don’t realize the true problem is they have a thyroid problem or other medical condition.  Yes, it is true that if you are overweight you need to eat less and exercise more, but it isn’t always the case for everyone.

 

The lesson I see here for us is we shouldn’t assume there is always a simple answer. Yes, usually there is but not all the time. Does this mean that what Job’s friends said was wrong? No, it was the way they said it and the attitude they had that got them in trouble. This is why Paul says we need to go to a brother (or sister) in a spirit of meekness/gentleness (Galatians 6:1).

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Job 5:1-27

(1)  Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?

(2)  For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

(3)  I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

(4)  His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.

(5)  Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

(6)  Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

(7)  Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

(8)  I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

(9)  Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:

(10)  Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:

(11)  To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.

(12)  He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

(13)  He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

(14)  They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.

(15)  But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

(16)  So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

(17)  Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

(18)  For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

(19)  He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

(20)  In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.

(21)  Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

(22)  At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

(23)  For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

(24)  And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.

(25)  Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

(26)  Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.

(27)  Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.

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