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Have You Heard of the Steadfastness of Job?

Job 22-27 · Week 7

Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested meI will emerge as pure gold..

Job 23:10

The Big
Question

What does it look like to endure steadfastly when suffering drags on?

Start get started.

James writes that we have heard of the steadfastness of Job, assuming his readers knew the book. This week is round three of the boxing match, where Eliphaz and Bildad make their last appearances and Zophar stays silent.

Job faces false accusations, a God who feels distant, wicked people who seem to prosper, discouragement, and the question of who is in control. Through all of it, he endures.

Move dig deeper.

  1. Job 22

    Enduring false accusations

    Eliphaz assumes God is correcting Job for sin, then falsely accuses him of abusing the poor, widows, and orphans. When we are innocent, all we can do is stay faithful and trust that God knows our hearts, without repaying evil for evil.

  2. Job 23-24

    Enduring when God feels distant

    Job cannot sense God in any direction, yet says God knows the way he has taken. Feelings change, but God is unchangeable. Job also sees the wicked seem to prosper and pours out his frustration, but finally acknowledges God will bring judgment.

  3. Job 25-27

    Enduring by trusting God's sovereignty

    Bildad calls man a maggot, a right message for the proud but the wrong one for Job. Job answers by focusing on God's majesty, then trusts God's sovereignty. Jesus' story of the rich man and Lazarus shows why we need not envy the wicked.

Enduring Truth

Our feelings change, butGod is unchangeable, so we endure by trusting His sovereignty.

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Have You Heard of the Steadfastness of Job?

Group Discussion & Response

Job 22-27

Talk talk it over.

  1. Have you ever been falsely accused when your conscience was clear? How can we endure that without repaying evil for evil or slandering someone?

  2. Job cannot feel God's presence, yet he trusts that God knows the way he takes. Why is it important that our faith rests on God's Word and not our feelings?

  3. Job pours out his frustration that the wicked seem to prosper, but he does not accuse God of sin. What is the difference between honest lament and accusing God?

  4. Bildad calls Job a worthless maggot, but we are made in God's image. How can focusing on God's majesty protect us from discouragement and pessimism?

Do respond this week.

  1. Pray

    Tell God honestly when He feels distant or when life seems unjust, and ask Him to help you trust that He knows the way you take.

  2. Praise

    Praise God for His majesty, that He hangs the earth on nothing and is sovereign over every circumstance.

  3. Preach

    Remind yourself this week that God will sort out the wicked in the end, so there is no need to envy them.

  4. Practice

    When discouragement comes, turn your eyes to God's majesty, and encourage someone else instead of adding to their pessimism.

Close in Prayer

Father, thank You for the example of Job's steadfastness. When we face false accusations, when You feel distant, when the wicked seem to prosper, and when discouragement comes, help us to endure. You know the way we take, and You are sovereign over us. Refine our faith, and bring us through as gold. In Jesus' name, Amen.

Notes & Reflection