God's Correction of Job's Error
God finally came to Job, as Job had wanted ever since he lost all he had and his health, too. It was not the way Job envisioned though. God presented His case to Job first. Then, when Job had the chance to answer Him, he could say nothing in the face of God's wisdom and power. Therefore, God went on to show Job his error in the way he was thinking about his suffering. (Job 40:8) This verse is very applicable for all of us.
The flesh or the human nature reacts to others who cause us trouble or pain. Our natural response is to want to get back at them. Also, we want to show them how they were wrong and condemn them, so that we can be in the right. That is exactly what Job was trying to do with God. It is not right to use this line of reasoning with people, and it never works with God, because He is perfect, but we aren't.
There is no need to be defensive toward other people. There is no need to try to say that what they did to us was wrong. It would be far better to ask them why they did what they did and allow them to give us an explanation before jumping to conclusions. Then, if they were in the wrong, they will often see it for themselves. Also, there is never a need to put the other person down to make us look good. If we are good, we can simply state our case, and let them see that, instead of condemning them. We never make friends or solve personal problems by condemning the other person. We just make it worse.
Tomorrow, I intend to read Job 42 and Psalms 1-2.
The flesh or the human nature reacts to others who cause us trouble or pain. Our natural response is to want to get back at them. Also, we want to show them how they were wrong and condemn them, so that we can be in the right. That is exactly what Job was trying to do with God. It is not right to use this line of reasoning with people, and it never works with God, because He is perfect, but we aren't.
There is no need to be defensive toward other people. There is no need to try to say that what they did to us was wrong. It would be far better to ask them why they did what they did and allow them to give us an explanation before jumping to conclusions. Then, if they were in the wrong, they will often see it for themselves. Also, there is never a need to put the other person down to make us look good. If we are good, we can simply state our case, and let them see that, instead of condemning them. We never make friends or solve personal problems by condemning the other person. We just make it worse.
Tomorrow, I intend to read Job 42 and Psalms 1-2.