The ongoing conversation in the Book of Job has been carried along by Job and his three friends. This week, we hear a new voice, the voice of Elihu. Elihu has apparently been sitting by and listening to the back and forth rebukes and defenses. When Job’s three friends decide that they just can’t get through to Job, they fall silent. Elihu, a younger man, now jumps in to set Job straight. He rebukes the attitude of Job as self-righteous and out of line. He talks about how low man is when compared to God. He finishes with a beautiful picture of the majesty and splendor of God. But there is a problem. In Job 36:26, Elihu claims that man cannot know God. God is someone who lives far away from lowly man. He hints that God does not take notice of man because man is like a worm in the sight of an Almighty God. It is this view of God that skews the arguments of Elihu and Job’s friends. Job knows that while God is beyond our ability to completely understand, God has revealed Himself to us and calls for an intimacy that is not seen in the words of Elihu. One of the most fundamental truths that the Bible reveals to us is God’s love and longing for man. He wants to be in our moments, not far off out of sight.
| Date | Reading |
| February 17 | Job 33:1-18 |
| February 18 | Job 33:19-33 |
| February 19 | Job 34:1-20 |
| February 20 | Job 34:21-37 |
| February 21 | Job 35 |
| February 22 | Job 36:1-16 |
| February 23 | Job 36:17-33 |
| February 24 | Job 37 |