Kiss The Hand That Strikes You
The depth of Job's faith amazes me: Even if God kills me, all my hope for life is in Him.Wow! How can you say that? If there was a person in a position that had the power of life and death over you, it's easy to understand how viewing them as your only hope could be, and to treat them with respect and fear. But it seems that Job thinks the opposite here - He sees God, joyously if not tenaciously, as the provider of life and the source of all good things... and that won't change, just because He decides to take that life.
Job proves this in the next part, when he says he'll argue his case, even after acknowledging God's authority to take his life. You wouldn't do this with another human - you would be afraid of stirring their wrath. But God is faithful and just, and loving - and Job knows these characteristics remain in God, no matter the circumstances that appear around us.
Job proves this in the next part, when he says he'll argue his case, even after acknowledging God's authority to take his life. You wouldn't do this with another human - you would be afraid of stirring their wrath. But God is faithful and just, and loving - and Job knows these characteristics remain in God, no matter the circumstances that appear around us.
