Today, I am reading and commenting on Job 6-10.

I struggle with reading the Bok of Job, partly because Job spends so much time speaking about the depth of his suffering and partly because his friends spend so much time saying things which sound good but do not actually address Job’s complaints when they are not outright wrong.  That being said, Job says to things in today’s passage which I want to write about.  Once again Job wishes he could just die.  This time he says that he wishes to die before his suffering leads him to deny God’s word.  That he has one remaining joy; that he has denied the words of God.  When we suffer we also should take joy in remaining faithful to God.  Later, after Bildad speaks, Job says that even were he innocent he would be unable to argue his case before God because God is so much more righteous, powerful, and wise than himself.  So, Job wishes for a mediator, someone who could stand between him and God allowing Job the ability to speak in God’s presence.  Today, we have such a mediator in Jesus Christ.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.