Job
28 & 29 – Poem of Creation
God
has put silver and gold and iron and precious stones into the earth. There are
precious stones which have never been discovered. The earth also produces food
-bread for us to eat.
God
can cause the earthquake. Job talks about all the minerals and precious stones
but there are things which are even more valuable. Wisdom and understanding.
Job tells his friends that they have not found wisdom. The wisdom that Job
hoped his friends would bring to him is a wisdom beyond the understanding of
man.
We
find that Job was filled with pride. He uses the personal pronoun “I” or “me”
fifty-two times. Someone once said, “When you’re wrapped in yourself, it makes
a mighty small package.” Job’s pride was a real problem between him and God. He
did not know himself, and he did not know God as he should. He was
self-righteous and self-sufficient.
Job
29
There
was a man from his youth who served God. He was prosperous, a man of influence.
The old men would take their hats off and bow to him. Even the princes and the
nobles were silent. Nobility didn’t speak in his presence unless he asked them
to do so. He provided pensions for the aged. He helped the poor. He took care
of the widows. People came to him for advice. One cannot think of anything that
Job didn’t have. He dwelt in honor, affluence, and influence. He knew what
abundant living really was. He had feared that all this material substance
could be wiped out and taken from him in a moment, and it was.
We
see nothing of a broken and contrite spirit in Job.
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Vernon McGee Commentary and Nelson’s Quick Reference Commentary.
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