Job’s Friends

Job 7:1 – 3
1” Does not man have hard service on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired man?
2 Like a slave longing for the evening shadows, or a hired man waiting eagerly for his wages,
3 so I have been allotted months of futility, and nights of misery have been assigned to me.”

Job’s troubles – Job 7:1 – 6
Job expostulates with God and begs release – Job 7: 7 – 21
Bildad reproves Job – Job 8: 1 -7
Hypocrites will be destroyed – Job 8: 8 – 19
Bildad applies God’s just dealing to Job – Job 8: 20 – 22
Job acknowledges God’s justice – Job 9: 1 – 13
He is not able to contend with God – Job 9: 14 – 21
Job complains of troubles and hardships – Job 9:22 – 35 & 10:1 – 7
Job pleads with God as his Maker – Job 10: 8 – 13
He complains of God’s severity – Job 10: 14 – 22
Zophar reproves Job – Job 11: 1 – 6
God’s perfections and almighty power – Job 11: 7 – 12
Zophar assures Job of blessings if he repents – Job 11: 13 – 20
Job reproves often prosper – Job 12: 6 – 11
Job recognizes the wisdom and power of God – Job 12: 12 – 25

For Thought
It is not sinful or “unspiritual” to acknowledge one’s confusion in the prescence of sickness, distress or suffering. Emotions that are not faced cause trouble. You don’t have to agree with them, but you do have to face them in God’s strength.

Contemplation
“A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.”