Chapter 24 Since God is all-knowing, Job wonders why those who know Him have to wait for justice. Jesus turned the same question into a lesson on why 'men always ought to pray and not lose heart' (Luke 18:1-8). Job takes a pensive look at the injustice of the world (vs. 2-17). It seems that, for the sake of argument, Job agrees with the intuitive opinion of his friends that there should be more justice in the world (vs. 18-21). But in the final analysis, how can man tell God what he should do? God in His wisdom, for His own sufficient reasons, chooses to reserve His judgment and often take the wicked out of this world in a quiet, unremarkable way (vs. 22-24). Job challenges his friends to prove him wrong (v. 25).
Chapter 25 Bildad does not take up Job's challenge. His short reply in this chapter is off topic, and it is the last that we will hear from Job's three friends. Perhaps they began to tire of their cause, or perhaps they realized that Job was making the better case. In any case, Bildad's parting shot is an oblique accusation that Job thinks too little of God and too much of himself. Whether or not Job suffered from such pride, we can discern two important lessons from Bildad's response. We can never think too highly of God, and we can never think too lowly of ourselves. If the son of man is a worm (v.6), we can marvel at God's condescension to save us; especially the condescension of Christ, who humbled Himself so far to say 'I am a worm, and no man' (Ps. 22:6).
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