Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know

Job 42:1-17
“I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted. You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you. Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.
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. You have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.
After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before.
The Lord blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the former part.
Continue Job's reaction, the climax of the book. Job now realizes he had been dabbling in things beyond his understanding, totally out of his depth. Before, he had gone by hearsay: now he has seen God for himself, as he longed to do. There is now no question of putting his case; seeing God is enough. His questions remain unanswered, but he is satisfied. It is unthinkable that this God could ever let him down or act inconsistently. He can trust, where he does not understand. Now he can accept what comes. Self-righteousness melts away. Job regrets the bitter things he has said. As he looks at God and worships, he sees himself and his problem in perspective.
V1-6 are the high point in the story. This final passage in prose merely rounds things off. Job has been vindicated, and this must be visibly demonstrated.
God has taken Jon to task for his reaction to suffering, but his integrity is beyond question. Job's good name is as clear as his conscience. It is the three friends who have been wrong. Job's was an honest search for truth. They would not allow for truth being bigger than their understanding of it - and so they were guilty of misrepresenting God. They must obtain Job's forgiveness before God will forgive them.
Significantly, it is at the point when Job has accepted his suffering and forgiven his friends, that God reverses his fortunes. Friends, prosperity, famil are all restored to him, with a long life in which to enjoy them.
Why?
Job knows he is folly and did not understand, God's things too wonderful for me to know.
Job accepted twice as much as he had before, with prosperity and life and children.
Job is a blessing man from the Lord for his righteousness.
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神沒有讓約伯看到天上的那一幕，讓他看到地上的萬物，讓約伯折服。
用地上受造之物，讓人面對苦難，可以看見神永存的神性。這些永不改變的旨意，就在我們身邊。我們不能說我們沒有看見。我們每天可以經歷神，看見神的作為。
愈看見神的作為，就愈懂得謙卑。我所說的我不明白，是指約伯自己說的，承認自己在說什麼也不知道?約伯發現自己的想法，被自己的理論和自己經歷的發生衝突。
看見神以後就看見自己的渺小。
我們人想看神，是何等驕傲，其實我們不配。我們常在想遇見神，看到了異象，不是拿來玆耀。先知看見異象，是傳遞神的訊息。
得祝福的秘訣： 1)先幫助別人，為人祝福、為人禱告。禱告前先關心他們。神要他三個朋友，獻祭，並且約伯要為他們禱告。
2)改變自己的想法、觀念。當沒有路時，改變自己的想法、態度。降服下來。放下自己的原來觀念。約伯被義人不會受苦的觀念綁住。約伯被擄掠、監禁是因約伯自己的憤憤不平。
3)用神的思想來取代我們的觀念。
許多事我們不明白，苦難是神讓我們經歷更多神的恩典。神的應許必定成就。
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How?
God is a wonderful Lord and more than we can imaging and understanding. Let my heart and my mind trust in the Lord.