Truth #11 - God does great miracles ... Without number! Job 3-5

Job 5:8-9 But as for me, I would seek God, And I would place my cause before God; Who does great and unsearchable things, Wonders without number. Eliphaz is the first of Job's friends to speak to him. At this moment Job's pain must be at its peak. At the end of chapter two we read that Job simply sat, with his friends, for one whole week, in silence. Now Eliphaz felt compelled to break that pensive period and offer his take on the situation. What we will find in reading of Job is that Job's three friends are often correct in the truths they point out to him, but wrong in their application to his situation. Remember, unlike us, they have no idea of the situation going on between God and Satan. Here, in the above passage, however, we might see that one time his friend is correct, in stating a truth and making a correct application to Job. Eliphaz gives great counsel, here. In the midst of conflict and suffering we ought to seek God, because we know He does great miracles and unsearchable things, without number. If only Eliphaz would have limited his counsel and application to this extent. (We will see later how he bends this truth as an indictment of Job rather than an encouragement to him.). But here he is correct. In suffering we ought to seek God. God DOES DO great and awesome miracles, without number. Job may not feel it (see Job 3:1-3 on how he feels right now), but he should still believe it. When our feelings can't handle truth our faith must. We should not doubt in the dark what we know to be true in the light. God does great miracles. We can't even number them. That is what God's Word is about. It is a collection of His miracles. Job needs a miracle. In the end of the book we will see that he gets one. But, now, he simply needs to believe God can and will do one. That is Eliphaz's good word to him at a bad time in his life. It is a good word to us. God does great miracles. Despite how we FEEL. Faith trumps feelings.