I know that You can do all things, and that no purpose of Yours can be thwarted.
I had heard of You by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees You, therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Job's years of suffering built for him a solid resilience to everything that conspired to encourage him to reject his friendship with The Father.
Job's outlook clears and he sees that the argument of his friends, that suffering is always traceable to sin is disingenuous, for the wicked do not always suffer.
Job gains the ascendancy in the argument reminding his friends that living a selfless life also carries with it periods of suffering when ones friendship with The Father is tested to its limits.
Job had learned that it is easy to praise The Father when life is bubbling along with great ease, and all is right with the world.
When matters go astray, and we struggle to overcome our challenges it is then that our faith in God is proven through adversity providing us with the opportunity to validate our faith in God.
By remaining faithful knowing that The Father will never renege on His friendship with those who remain loyal during difficult times, Job demonstrated that his relationship with The Father would weather the storms that life sends to those willing to suffer, knowing that all will be well, for God's presence guides His faithful friends out of harm's way into a life filled with rewards for having stayed faithful.
Faithfulness under trial is at the centre of the debate between Job, and his friends namely whether God is punishing Job. Our Father says that Job is not a hypocrite, further exalting Job by telling the friends to go to him as to a priest, and that he will accept Job's prayer forgiving them for their easy choice to hold Job responsible for the misfortunes that had settled upon him.
It is noteworthy that Job prays for his dubious friends, and that it is as he prays for them that Job's fortunes are restored.
Authentic piety is never self-centered.
The Prophet Job's life is a study of valiant endurance, that the faithful person should demonstrate over any thought that words of praise, is sufficient evidence testifying to our loving friendship with The Father.
Each of us stands guilty of sinful behaviour, and to argue with God that we are not, ignores our culpability witnessing our hypocrisy.
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. ~ Romans 3:23
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