Monday, February 17, 2020

I would be delivered forever from my judge.

Job 23:1-17
Then Job replied:
There the upright can establish their innocence before him and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.
But if I go to the east, he is not there; if I go to the west, I do not find him.
But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold. My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his way without turning aside. I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.
But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? He does whatever he pleases.
God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me. Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.
Job's thoughts go round and round, always coming back to the same sticking-points. If only he could find God and put his case to him. But God is not to be found, and his ways are inexplicable.
Why?
Job knows God could not be found, but he believes he is innocent before the Lord.
Job honestly follows the commands of the Lord, has kept God's way without turning aside. So Job knew it is the Lord who made him fear and treeified him.
Job's pain is he could not explain to the Lord. But he trusts in one day he will see the Lord and proves he is innocent
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v1-7: 約伯重申他的願望。神不會用粗暴的方式來待約伯。他一直相信可以向神說明,證明他的清白。我們常常在不明白中,想要問神為什麼?
v8-17:以利法所說的很安全,很常說,很容易打發人走掉。約伯認為所說的早就在做,在找了。但是找不到神。神的做法讓他捉摸不定。以後還有很多人會和他一樣。他因此會害怕,但是他還是遵行神的道。約伯看不到神,但是知道神可以看到他。約伯不求他的身體,他的兒女回來,他只求神,他只怕看不到神。最在意的不是這些苦難,而是不知道神的心意。我們往往是只要自己過的好就好了,不知道神的道路沒有關係。肉眼看不再神,即使在黑暗中,神仍然看顧著我們。
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How?
Sometimes we can not see the future, it looks dark and makes us faint. But God is our fortress, my way, and my savior. Trust in Him. God will give us a new way that we can not expect.

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