To Speak Well of God?
I identify an underlying theme of the Book of Job as how one speaks about God. ‘Who God is’ is the most prevalent theme raised. A subtle indicator is that the first and last spoken words of the book concern how one speaks about God, with the entire drama sandwiched between. The first words spoken are by Job: he sacrifices for his children in case they have spoken ill of his God. Similarly the last spoken words, by God, chastise Eliphaz and his two friends for not speaking well of God where Job did.
Job’s sacrificing for his children also showed he had chosen the lifestyle of a priest.
The drama vicariously challenges each of us similarly as we witness his destruction. Job, from the crumpled carnage of his life, still manages to speak well of his God. But will we?
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