Job 8

Chapter 8

Again Job’s friends, this time Bildad, accuses Job of wrong doing. To them God’s plan is straight forward and always predictable. The only reason Job could be suffering is because he has done something wrong. This is not the case. God’s plan sometimes is not perceivable by human minds. Just as “the just shall life by faith” is prevalent elsewhere in the Scriptures, it is the theme here in Job also. If you should find yourself in a situation like Job’s, when you can’t understand, just trust. Bildad accuses Job of perverting what is obvious, its obvious at least to Job’s friends (8:3). They’re so convinced that Job has done some great evil and they’re trying to get it out of him, “Fess up Job!”. They argue if Job was upright he would living a prosperous life. This can only make matters worse with Job’s grieving, knowing that Job is indeed innocent of any sin.  Nevertheless the reader knows and Job knows he is innocent, so what is God doing?  Is God’s sense of justice ever held in suspicion?