Sunday, November 14, 2010

The real question of Job

If you want to read more about the book of Job, check out this link (click here).  It's the Quartz Hill School of Theology's brief rundown on the book itself, as well as a short little blurb on wisdom literature in general, which we have been reading through Proverbs and Ecclesiastes (and now Job).
This website actually presents a new approach to Job.  Instead of wondering why the righteous suffer, which I have been thinking about because of this book, we should really be asking why do we fear God?  This is what Satan mentioned in Job 1:9-11.  The site puts it this way:   "The question which Job faced, and which we all must face, is a profound one: "Why do we serve God?" Is it for the good stuff we get from him, or out of fear of getting bad stuff? Or, do we do it simply because we love him? That is the real question!"
We have faith in God in the good times.  Actually, in the good times it is often easy to forget about God because life is going so great.  When the trouble hits, regardless of the reason, do we still have faith, even when we don't understand what's going on?  Do we still believe that God has a master plan?  That he is in control?  We should!

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