07.01.2014 Old Testament: Job 21.22–26

To read the Bible in a year, read Job 21–22 on July 1, In the year of our Lord 2014

By Don Ruhl

Does God know what He is doing? I think everyone would answer, “Yes, of course.” However, observe how we act and think carefully on the things we say, and without realizing it, we sometimes affirm that God does not know what He is doing. Listen to Job as he responded to his friends,

“Can anyone teach God knowledge,
Since He judges those on high?
One dies in his full strength,
Being wholly at ease and secure;
His pails are full of milk,
And the marrow of his bones is moist.
Another man dies in the bitterness of his soul,
Never having eaten with pleasure.
They lie down alike in the dust,
And worms cover them.”
(Job 21.22–26) 

One person has it all, and another person has nothing, but they both die, and dust and worms cover them alike. To us, that does not seem right. Therefore, we want to argue with God and teach Him a better way. However, we cannot teach Him, because He is the Judge and He judges those on high. From our vantage point, death appears to be the end, but Job said that it is not, for God will judge everyone after death.

Yes, God knows what He is doing, although we see both the righteous and the wicked die alike, yet, we know a final reckoning awaits everyone.