Job Chapters 17-20

17:2 - This is how people feel about believers who feel to share openly their easy answers to tough situations and quick judgments.

18:21 - Bildad spends the entire chapter detailing, in very intense language,what happens to wicked people. He never outright says that he is speaking about Job, but it is easy to see from the circumstances that he believes Job has turned away from God. He is saying, "Job it is really simple...this is what happens to wicked people. Now look at your life, does anything sound familiar?"

19:23-24 - Job gets his wish...we only know about this story because it is written down for all to see.

19:25-27 - Amazingly, Job continues to maintain his faith through all of this. He doesn't know why his world has fallen apart...his wife wants him to die...his friends think he brought it all on himself...yet he still has the strength to claim that his redeemer lives! That is powerful. He still believes that no matter what happens to his flesh, he will one day see God and he will be redeemed. Hopefully you and I can take heart int hat same kind of hope no matter what happens in our lives.

20:29 - Now Zophar spends an entire chapter describing the horrific fall of the godless...Job's friends are like broken records! No matter what Job says, they believe he has rebelled against God and brought this all on himself. Zophar claims that Job is simply reaping a "wicked man's" portion from God.