Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Job 25:1 states, Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,  Bildad still was unwilling to acknowledge that what Job had been saying was the truth.  He was still determined to prove that Job was being punished by God for some unconfessed sin.  We may encounter people today who see us suffering and are certain that the suffering is caused by some sin in their lives, but we may be just as wrong as Bildad was.  He didn't have as much to say this time though.  What Bildad had to say was true, but it just didn't apply to Job's situation.  We cannot attempt to to force God's truths to support our beliefs, but must align our beliefs with God's truth.  Verse two states, Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.  God does have dominion over all the world, but He sometimes allows Satan to exercise power.  We can rest assured in the final outcome.  Since God is the ultimate authority, we need to always stand amazed in His presence.  I do not believe that we have to come to God fearing that He will suddenly strike us down if we are His followers, but instead in awe of the fact that He loves us enough to redeem us.  God does make peace in His high places. Verse three asks, Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?  Bildad asked if God was limited in His ability to defeat those that opposed Him. Though God may have an unlimited army, He has the power to overcome His enemies simply by His word.  God does indeed shine His light on the whole world.  In verse four Bildad asks, How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?  Bildad's implication was that people cannot be justified before God by their own merit.  There is no way that we can ever justify ourselves, which is why Christ came to the world to make our justification available through our faith in Him.  Verse five declares, Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.  Bildad said that even the heavenly bodies were not pure in the sight of God.  Just as the moon only reflects light, so it is that people can only reflect the Light of God.  We can never be a light unto ourselves, or bring about our own salvation in other words.  Verse six asks, How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?  When compared to God, we are no more than a worm.  We may like to think that we are rich and powerful, but before God we are nothing.  Bildad did not apply these truths to Job directly this time.  He was as running out of arguments, and Zophar had nothing to add this time.

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