As Elihu’s words end, there is a veritable baton pass to God in a relay race to bring Job to a place of humility.
God confront Job from a whirlwind in the first 2 of 3 arguments pointing out Job’s pride and God’s rightness!
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You cannot rise, if you have not died
Our belief in Jesus’ death and resurrection is based upon the fulfilled prophecies of the Old Testament and the eye-witness accounts of those who saw Him after His resurrection.
His resurrection impacts us when we enter into His death with Him.
There are three deaths and three resurrections – spirit, soul and body and they cannot be experienced in any other order.
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Elihu speaks of the Wonders & the Power of God
Elihu begins to break down Job’s defenses.
First he dismantles his prideful assumptions.
Then he introduces the notion that Job’s trials are tests of his character/
Next he suggests that the reason why Job has not seen God in all of this is because he was looking in the wrong place, that sometimes in the suffering and afflictions that God sometimes reveals Himself.
Finally Elihu encourages Job to consider that God is all around him in all the displays of his wonders and power seen throughout creation.
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Enthrone the King Whose kingdom is the heart
As I have often taught on Palm Sunday the so-called ‘Triumphant Entry’ of Jesus into Jerusalem was anything but! They preconceived ideas and selfish-ambitions blinded them to Messiah and they missed their day of Visitation.
This year we’ve focused more on NOT repeated their mistakes by honoring Jesus as our Messiah, God & King through sincere love OF Him, a deep and abiding reverence FOR Him, unwavering trust IN Him followed by absolute obedience TO Him!
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Elihu, Job’s 1 in a 1,000
Job has ended his arguments and his friends are done tyring to convince him of their views. Job has become self-righteous and accusatory at God.
God desires to justify his servant, and bring his trials to a quick end, but He must procure Job’s humility first for God’s grace only comes to the humble. Those in pride He will actively resist.
So in steps the young man Elihu, who begins to provide a context for another way of viewing his difficulties. Elihu becomes a spiritual covering for Job serving him in the capacity of a mediator and intercessor!
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