Job 42:1-6
Epilogue of Job
1 Then Job replied to the Lord:
2 “I know that you can do all things;
no purpose of yours can be thwarted.
3 You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’
Surely I spoke of things I did not understand,
things too wonderful for me to know.
4 “You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak;
I will question you,
and you shall answer me.’
5 My ears had heard of you
but now my eyes have seen you.
6 Therefore I despise myself
and repent in dust and ashes.”
It is easy to look around and read the news headlines and see the problems and perils of this world...
When the evil one came into Job's life his life became a tragedy...But as we read through Job we see that there are other forces at work in the world besides evil...Job naturally wanted to be away from his suffering and find out why that he was in the situation he was in...He finds the goodness of God...And Job and we get to see this goodness of life as the Story of Job plays out...Life can be hard, as it was for Job during his losses and his health issues of suffering...But Job and his friends find out, as the story of life plays out, that there are more forces at work in the universe and that goodness and love trumps evil...