The arrows of God Almighty are in me,
poison arrows—and I’m poisoned all through!
God has dumped the whole works on me.
Job is blaming God for his situation in this chapter. And I guess when you look at it holistically, that's true. But, we know a little more of the story that was told in the opening chapter. Its satan that is causing all the problems. He is the one that is directly attacking Job, not God. The only thing God is doing is nothing. He has agreed to let satan have his way with him. I find that REALLY telling.
Life can become unbearably miserable if God turns his back on it, and let's satan have his way. Just by removing himself from the equation........all the goodness leaves any situation.
I equate this to heaven and hell. Heaven is an eternity with God, in his presence, basking in goodness. Hell is the total absense of God and therefore a complete absense of goodness and positivity. Is that a word? It is now.
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I think you nailed it on this one, the absence of God is a scary place!
ReplyDeletev8 Let God step on me—squash me like a bug,
and be done with me for good.
The challenges Job is going through remind me of cancer patients. They always amaze me, I'm sure they are having thoughts like Job just take me be done with me feeling this way isn't worth it. But so many of them do put up a tremendous fight too, I'm sure well past any limits they previously thought they had.
knut