God’s visit was surely life-altering for Job and his friends! God’s response was purposeful, even though it didn’t answer all of Job’s questions. God did not explain why Job experienced one tragedy after another. However, God did vindicate Job before his condemning friends.
Job 42:7-9 After the Lord had said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has. 8 So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. You have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.” 9 So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite did what the Lord told them; and the Lord accepted Job’s prayer.
Where are you and I wanting to see vindication
(whether for ourselves or for others)? Let’s trust God’s timing, without running
ahead and taking things into our own hands.
