Job 32-34

“For God does speak—now one way, now another—though no one perceives it” (33:14). While Job felt that God was silent and had arbitrarily treated him as an enemy, Elihu declared that Job probably just wasn’t listening very well. Elihu believed (rightly) that God sends messages and even divine messengers to warn people and call them to repentance (23,29). However, Elihu went beyond confidence in God to judging Job; his insistence that Job was sinful (34:8) only made Job’s pain worse.

“It is unthinkable that God would do wrong ...” (34:12). We can be certain of God’s goodness and wisdom and yet be slow to judge others. We can trust the Almighty Himself to answer at the right time.