Job 3:3-4
“Let the day perish on which I was born,
and the night that said,
‘A man is conceived.’
Let that day be darkness!
May God above not seek it,
nor light shine upon it.
Tag: Depression
Job is depressed. We have, in this chapter, the words of man who's situation has stolen his hope. Job has lost everything. Satan was allowed to touch every aspect of Job except the one he cries out for in this chapter: His life. Job has lost family, heath, wealth, honor, purpose, and his hope. Yet, he was a man of God. We have to come to grips with this in our own walk of faith and when dealing with the world we live in. We can, without intent, walk through life and believe what Job's three friends mistakenly believed: That pain and suffering were the result of sin. What the book of Job teaches us is that even the innocent can suffer. This is an important framework for Christ. Christ was innocent and suffered for us. He was beaten and crucified, yet, innocent. We know that Job was a sinner. He was a man. Yet, God declared him righteous in the beginning of the book. Job's friends believe he is suffering because of his sin. Far too often, that is the assumption of the day. Yet, the book of Job is to show us we don't know the "why" of the suffering. If we give "truth" without the "why" we do a disservice to both the person and the truth. Don't simply believe that someone is a sinner and "deserves" the suffering they are going through. Realize they are hurting and have lost hope. Perhaps the best we can do is simply be by them and help them know we believe in a God who also knows the pain of suffering. He has felt it. He and He alone can console it.
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