(October 15, 2014)
Two
thoughts on this chapter. The first is
something that Job’s friends said – everyone sins. This keeps getting alluded to, and it is, of
course, doctrinally true. But I have
seen it recognized in two ways. Sometimes
people seem to say everyone sins in order to acknowledge and recognize our
humility and unworthiness before the Lord. I have also seen it, however, as a form of
self-permissiveness (yes I sin, but everyone sins). In the latter case, I have seen it become
quite destructive.
The
second thought that I had was once again on vanity. Nothing in this world really matters – it is
all going away. You can make no permanent
impact on the world. There is nothing
that will last forever. If we set our
sights on vanity, that may be what we received (sometimes yes and sometimes
no), but if we set our sights on the more important things we can have faith
that we will get the help that we need.
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