martes, 4 de noviembre de 2008

Real Faith

As I was reading Chapter 38 of Job, I was able to see that God was very mad because he was judged by Job. His actions were being questioned and criticized. And becasue God is said to be the only "perfect being," he felt probrably felt indignied when he was judged for his own choices. "3)Who is it that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?" (Job Chapter 38: 3) . Also something that impressed me was that Job was the one who was criticizing and judging God. Job who was God's most faithful man, Job who believed unconditionanly on Him. How was it possible that he was judging God?
But then, I remebered something very important that I have learned while reading the bible, nobody's perfect, everyone makes mistakes, everyone sins, everyone doubts, even Job. Even though Job was very faithful, he, just like all humans go under temptation. He was tempted to see that God was not all good, that God commited terrible things. After all, it was God who made him lose his family and suffer greatly. It was God who challenged Job's faith by causing him great devastation. Job was tempted to almost lose all of his faith in Him. But Job was lucky to have real friends such as Elihu who helped him believe in God again. To see that was good, and that He did this things to prove his faith.
After Job realized his mistake, he was very sorry. He had doubted his faith and he had almost lost his trust on Him. But God saw that Job was just like the others (Moses, David, Abraham), he was a human, a NOT perfect being. Job committed mistakes just like anyone, and God accepted it. That is why after God saw that Job was very sorry for doubting Him, and that his faith and trust were back, he decided to reward him. “The Lord made him prosperous again and gave him twice as much as he had before.”(Job Chapter 42:10). At the end, Job proved God that no matter what happened, he will always trust Him. And God learned that there will be humans that will go through great and devastating obstacles, but will still have faith in Him. But he also learned that no matter what, there will never be a perfect human.

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