Job probably thought he was ready for God and seemed to justify his righteousness; but of course he had a one two smackdown then finally things were set straight. The book of Job isn't so much doing something without seeking God's counsel except of course for his friends who seemed to have all the answers without it would appear seeking God in prayer for wisdom. Basically it was the symptoms of Job that pushed him to be presumptious as to the cause from God and that this meant He no longer was with him. This of course could also carry to the example of Christ suffering on the cross; and the great prophets dying as martyrs. We therefore should never assume things will always continue as they are; and allow the comforts of this life to get in the way so that we can face even martyrdom if necessary; and certainly persecutions which we all are promised to suffer in some form.
Lack of trust in God causes a lot of problems. I mentioned a while back of Saul's rebellion in attempting to conduct a sacrifice when Samuel delayed and that is much like Aaron with the golden calf when Moses delayed. Now in this case it wasn't idolotry but this attitude made Saul lose the kingship when he was disobedient destroying all the men and animals he was commanded to in conquest. Thus came the famous verse "obedience is better than sacrifice" which encompassed both errors he made ( 1 Samuel 15:22). We see the same issue of course when the rout occured with the initial assault on AI. (not artificial intelligence) There was the case of disobedience and covetousness involved which would bring the death penalty. We also see how rebellion in the book of Numbers of the sons of Korah allowed for hell to literally swallow men whole; not a trivial matter. The Lord expects us to respect boundaries. We see that when Moses was given a hard time about his second wife he had to pray for Miriam so that her leprosy would be removed as punishment.
Job probably thought he was ready for God and seemed to justify his righteousness; but of course he had a one two smackdown then finally things were set straight. The book of Job isn't so much doing something without seeking God's counsel except of course for his friends who seemed to have all the answers without it would appear seeking God in prayer for wisdom. Basically it was the symptoms of Job that pushed him to be presumptious as to the cause from God and that this meant He no longer was with him. This of course could also carry to the example of Christ suffering on the cross; and the great prophets dying as martyrs. We therefore should never assume things will always continue as they are; and allow the comforts of this life to get in the way so that we can face even martyrdom if necessary; and certainly persecutions which we all are promised to suffer in some form.
Lack of trust in God causes a lot of problems. I mentioned a while back of Saul's rebellion in attempting to conduct a sacrifice when Samuel delayed and that is much like Aaron with the golden calf when Moses delayed. Now in this case it wasn't idolotry but this attitude made Saul lose the kingship when he was disobedient destroying all the men and animals he was commanded to in conquest. Thus came the famous verse "obedience is better than sacrifice" which encompassed both errors he made ( 1 Samuel 15:22). We see the same issue of course when the rout occured with the initial assault on AI. (not artificial intelligence) There was the case of disobedience and covetousness involved which would bring the death penalty. We also see how rebellion in the book of Numbers of the sons of Korah allowed for hell to literally swallow men whole; not a trivial matter. The Lord expects us to respect boundaries. We see that when Moses was given a hard time about his second wife he had to pray for Miriam so that her leprosy would be removed as punishment.
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