Will you contend for God

“Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him? Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God? Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?” - Job 13v7-9

How many times have you been going through a difficult time in your life and had a friend say something like, “Well, is there something in your life that you are not dealing with?” How often do we hear or read people who, upon hearing about some great tragedy determine that it must be an act of God’s judgement? It seems there is no lack of people who seem to think that they know the mind of God.

Job had it right – “Do you really think that you can argue on God’s behalf? Who are you to mock God by determining why He does what He does?”

Eliphaz and Zophar had both determined in their hearts that God was punishing Job for some sin in his life. Who gave them the right to decide why God was doing punishing Job. In do doing they were placing themselves in the position of judging God!

We can never know why God does the things He does. When we try to second-guess God and His actions we are proving to be the epitome of pride and arrogance.

God always does the best thing – lets not be guilty of acting as His judge.