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A Friendly Reminder

Job 32–37 · Week 10

Listen to this, Job. Stop and consider God's wonders.

Job 37:14

The Big
Question

When someone is hurting, do you
reach for an argument or a reminder?

Start a friendly reminder.

Job has finished his defense, and everyone is waiting for God to speak. Instead, a young man named Elihu stands up, angry at Job and his friends, and talks for six straight chapters. Nobody answers him.

Elihu gets Job wrong, but he gets a lot of God right. His delivery is rough, yet his reminders are true, and they prepare the room for the Headliner who speaks from the storm in chapter 38.

Move sometimes we need to be reminded.

  1. Job 33:12–14, 23–24

    God speaks to us

    Job's biggest complaint is God's silence, but Elihu says God speaks in many ways; we just don't notice. Elihu even reaches for a mediator and a ransom he cannot quite see. We know His name. Jesus gave His life as a ransom for many, and God has spoken to us by His Son.

  2. Job 34:10–12; 35:9–10

    God judges and cares

    God's justice is not the threat; it is the hope. He sees every step and will make it right, and at the cross He satisfied justice for us. Because God needs nothing from us, His care is no transaction. He gives songs in the night.

  3. Job 36:5, 26; 37:14

    God is powerful among us

    God is mighty, yet He despises no one. A God small enough to fully understand would be too small to help. After six chapters of arguing, Elihu stops and points: stop and consider God's wonders. The storm he sees rolling in is where the LORD speaks in 38:1.

Enduring Truth

You can't argue somebody into hope, but you can remind them who God is.

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A Friendly Reminder

Group Discussion & Response

Job 32–37

Talk let's talk.

  1. Elihu says God speaks, but we often don't notice. What helps you hear God in His Word, and what puts Him on Do Not Disturb?

  2. Elihu had the right theology and the wrong verdict about Job. When have you said true things about God but missed the person in front of you?

  3. Job 35:10 speaks of God who gives songs in the night. When has God given you a song in a hard season instead of taking the night away?

  4. Elihu finally stopped arguing and pointed Job to God. Where could you use your gifts at Cross Church to help others consider who God is, and what is one step you could take this month?

Do respond this week.

  1. Pray

    Pray Psalm 77 this week and fill in the blank honestly: "Lord, in the middle of ______, remind me who You are."

  2. Praise

    Ask God for a song in the night, not just for the morning. Sing or play a song of praise in a hard moment this week.

  3. Preach

    Read Job 32–37 this week. Each day, stop and consider one of God's wonders and write down what it reminds you about who He is.

  4. Practice

    Think of one hurting friend. Put the speech down, sit with them, and remind them who God is. If you don't know Jesus yet, believe in who God is for the first time.

Close in Prayer

Father, thank You that You are not silent. You speak through Your Word and through Your Son. Thank You that You judge rightly, and that at the cross Jesus took our sentence. Thank You that You care for us and give songs in the night. You are mighty, yet You despise no one. Help us stop and consider Your wonders, and make us friends who point others to You. In Jesus' name, amen.

Notes & Reflection