Job 24. 07.10.25

SCRIPTURE -Job 24:22-23 NIV

“But God drags away the mighty by HIS power; though they become established, 

they have no assurance of life. 

HE may let them rest in a feeling of security—

but HIS eyes are on their ways.”

OBSERVATION 

Job 24:5–11 offers one of the most vivid depictions of suffering in all of Scripture. Job describes how the wicked steal farmland by moving boundary markers, claiming not only the land but also the animals grazing there. They seize flocks from widows and orphans, leaving them destitute. People are forced to forage like wild animals in the desert. With no clothing, they freeze; with no shelter, they’re soaked by the rain. Children are sold into slavery to pay off family debts, laboring long hours in the fields—yet never allowed to eat the grain they harvest.

God had warned against stealing land and made provisions for workers to eat from the harvest (Deut. 27:17; Deut. 25:4), but these wicked men ignored His judgment and did as they pleased.

Job’s friends accused him of sin, insisting that if he would only repent, God would show mercy and restore his health and fortune. But Job knew he wasn’t hiding any unconfessed sin. His suffering had come suddenly, and though he longed for understanding, he recognized their counsel was wrong.

Job-surely was SEEKING God for answers “WHY” he was enduring such suffering and asking God, “Where are You in this?” Yet for a moment, he shifted his focus outward, reminding his friends that many others were enduring terrible suffering—suffering not caused by their own sin.

God does allow consequences to follow our sin.

“For the LORD disciplines those He loves, and He punishes each one He accepts as His child.” (Hebrews 12:6)

However, suffering—on its own—is not always the result of sin.

God uses suffering to draw us close. (Romans 5:3-5)

and…God uses suffering to refine us.

“I have refined you, but not as silver is refined.

Rather, I have refined you in the furnace of suffering.” (Isaiah 48:10 NLT)

Job was chosen for this trial—as God’s instrument—to chastise Satan.
God knew Job would remain faithful.
And—he—did.
(Job 1:8; 2:3,10; 42:7–10)

In the midst of deep suffering,

Job’s trust remained anchored in a sovereign God—who will one day bring justice.

“…HIS eyes are on their ways.”

APPLICATION 

A Heart that Yearns for and Trusts in God

This is my first serious deep dive into studying Job.
Job’s trust in God—through his story of sorrows—is teaching me more about faith than any other book of the Bible I’ve ever studied. It is well worth the journey.

 Job is not a fictional character. He was a real man who lived. Job is referenced in the book of Ezekiel by God for his faithfulness—

“even if these three men—Noah, Daniel and Job—were in the land, they could save only themselves by their righteousness, declares the Sovereign Lord.”

(Ezekiel 14:14 NIV)

In the midst of his personal sufferings, Job questioned God— yet he always returned to—his trust in God.

Job, somehow—deep within his heart—knew one day—he would have the opportunity to SEE God and understand “Why”—he was experiencing this suffering.

And Job was right! He did get to see his Redeemer—and Vindicator! In the end, it was Job’s friends who needed to confess and repent (Job 42:7–9).

“I KNOW that my redeemer LIVES, and that in the end—HE-WILL—STAND-on the earth. 

I will SEE God; How my heart yearns WITHIN me!” (Job 19:25, 27 NIV/AMP)

I want THIS Trust in God that Job has. It is astounding to me that “Job’s heart yearned WITHIN him.” “I KNOW my Redeemer Lives”. I stop to realize that Job had nothing close to what I have.  Job did not have Jesus’ assurance of salvation, resurrection, and heaven. Job did not have access to God’s written word as we do today with multiple versions at our fingertips and free online resources.  And we Know that Job did not have friends who were comforting or encouraging—quite the opposite—his friends added to his misery and torment.

Yet, Job’s heart Yearned for God—WITHIN him—

“For I will set My eyes on them for good…and I will plant them and not uproot them. I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the Lord; and they will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with their whole heart.” (Jer 24:6-7)

 “I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.”(Psalm 119:11)

“Unite my heart to fear your Name” (Psalm 86:11)

“In the last days, God says, I WILL—pour out my Spirit—on ALL people. 

 Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions,  your old men will dream dreams. 

 Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit—in those days—and they WILL prophesy. 

(Acts 2:16-18 NIV)

PRAYER

Thank YOU Lord Jesus for Your Goodness. I cannot stop giving Thanks. I remember each of my brothers and sisters in prayers today and keep asking that The God of our Lord Jesus Christ, Our glorious heavenly Father, may give us the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so we may know HIM better. I Pray the ‘eyes of our hearts’ may be enlightened so that we may KNOW the Hope to which HE has called us.

May we experience the incomparably great power, which is the SAME Power that raised Christ from the dead, to glorify God and Be His Witnesses throughout Santa Clarita, Los Angeles, California, the US, and this World—wherever HE Sends us. (Ephesians 1)

Here I am Lord, Send me. In Jesus Name, amen.

Tina L Kudelka