Today, I am reading and commenting on  Job 22-28.

Eliphaz begins his reply to Job by saying something true: God does not need us, and nothing we do can benefit Him, even if we were righteous God would gain nothing from it.  Unfortunately, he immediately follows that by accusing Job of great wickedness.  Eliphaz lists a series of sins of which he is sure Job must be guilty.  Eliphaz goes on to espouse what closely resembles “prosperity Gospel” when he tells Job that he is suffering because of his sin and would be prosperous once more if he would just return to living a righteous life.  Job responds by saying that God should establish days when people can come before Him to request His judgement in the manner that many kings hold court.  If God would do that, Job would come before Him and establish his innocence.  Instead of such a system, Job proclaims, we have a world where no one is secure, where the poor suffer and even the powerful can suddenly become subject to misfortune.  Bildad replies to Job’s claim of innocence by making the point that no one is pure in God’s eyes.  A very true point, but not one which offers much comfort to someone suffering as Job was at this point.  Job replies to Bildad by pointing out that his point offers no comfort to one who is suffering.  Job then says one of the things for which God later calls him out: he declares that God has denied him justice.  Job then finishes today’s passage by telling us something of value: all wisdom comes from God.  No matter where we look, or how hard we search, we will never find wisdom until we turn to God.  There is no other source for wisdom than God.  If we wish to be wise, we must turn our face towards God and listen to what He tells us.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.