Re:Verse passage – Job 2:11-13, 22:5-6, 9-11 (day four)
Contrast the two meetings that were held on Job’s behalf. The first was the heavenly meeting between God and satan. God saw all of the good in the heart of Job. Regardless of the circumstances in Job’s life, God knew Job would be true and faithful in his worship of God. The second meeting was the meeting of Job’s friends who came to sympathize with Job. They, like satan, saw the circumstances surrounding Job and drew their own conclusions to the situation. They assumed that Job’s suffering was the result of evil in his heart. They had no clue that the exact opposite was true. It was Job’s righteousness that landed him in trouble.
What do you see when you look at others? Do you see circumstances or do you see hearts and faithfulness to God? Ask God to give you His eyes…ask Him to keep you from jumping to assumptions and to teach you to discern truth and righteousness in people’s hearts.
