“God listens”

BIBLE READING: Job 18-19

Now Bildad takes up the attack it seems and applies even more pressure. In verses 5-21 he lists the terrors that the evil man fears. Bildad concludes with verse 21 “…Such is the place of one who knows not god.” Of course, we know that Bildad in his ignorance classifies Job as “an evil man.”  In chapter 19 Job answers Bildad, “You have reproached me 10 times. (v.3) We know how we feel when accused wrongly. We are forced to defend ourselves. By his words, Job apparently blames God in his grief and confusion. He feels crushed by God and his friends don’t help him at all. He begs for pity. I am reminded of a friend whose husband was stricken with cancer, which finally took his life. She left the church and asked “Why? He was such a good man.” A preacher visited her and listened. She said, “Who can listen to me and understand?’ The preacher said, ‘Sister, tell it all to God first. He will listen.”