Elihu continues to answer Job and give a defense of God's justice. However, Elihu, like the other friends, overlook grace and how integral it is to how God relates to his people--even in suffering.

May we never forget God's grace when facing adversity and trial.

Elihu responds to Job's questions in defense of God. Job has questioned God's justice as he suffers. He cannot understand why God has brought this great calamity upon him. Elihu burns with anger as he desires to see God and his justice defended and exonerated. So Elihu takes up this task to explain why Job suffers.

This helps us to think through this most profound issue of suffering and the justice of God.

Elihu seeks to teach Job why God has brought such suffering in his life--for discipline. Elihu contends that God is not treating him as an enemy, but rather he is treating him as a son. Through Elihu we're reminded that God does indeed use suffering to discipline his children. Through this God imparts holiness and draws us to look to Christ.

May we grow in holiness and in treasuring Christ!

Elihu bursts onto the scene in Job. We get an introduction on who he is and we consider his zealous passion and defense of God.

In his zeal we are rebuked and consider reasons that keep us silent rather than being bold in the defense and proclamation of our great God and his truth.

Job utters his last words before God speaks. In his final words Job gives an account of his actions to God. He is ready to face God and his justice.

We learn a valuable lesson here since we must all give an account before God. Will we be bold like Job? Will we shrink back in shame? Will our hypocrisy be made known?

May God use this chapter to prepare us to face God.

Job, continuing his final speech, recounts how God had blessed him so richly and how God has taken everything away from him. In this lament we learn about Job's tenacity to rest in the sovereign God and to maintain hope in him.

May we learn with him to trust our great God in every and any circumstance.

1. How is lament a language of trust rather than doubt?

2. What provides us confidence in dark times that God is always for us?

Job meditates on where wisdom is found as he is surrounded by the voices of fools. He directs us to the source and foundation of all wisdom, knowledge, and understanding: the fear of the Lord.

We take time to consider what this means and how it is so very needful and practical to our day and age.

May the Word of God have its effect on our lives!

Job adamantly denies that narrative he is being told by his companions. He defiantly stands his ground and entrusts himself to God to see justice upon those who heap false accusations and suffering upon him. As Job continues his final speech, we are struck with parallels to our day in which we are barraged with a false narrative that calls good evil and evil good.

May we learn to stand like Job and entrust ourselves to the one who judges justly.

We celebrate God's gift of fatherhood by considering true, biblical masculinity. We live in an age of gender confusion that has left its mark on the church and upon manhood. As always, God's word is true and sufficient as we consider these important and timely truths.

We begin to consider Job's last speech. He begins by comparing the power and wisdom of the Almighty to the wisdom of his friends. We see that God's wisdom and power has no rivals and that man's wisdom is foolishness in comparison.

May this encourage us to know God's wisdom and submit to his power and authority.

Questions to consider:

1. Can you see in your life where you have embraced the world's wisdom?

2. In light of God's unrivaled wisdom and power, what two things must we do?