Job 36 and 37

Hey hey! Yep ash, I'm like finally SOMEONE gets it! Lol, Elihu clearly understands (or so far haha you know how they sound like they talking a good game then they start talking reckless lol) But I gotta admit that I'm a little ashamed because I have definitely had (and still sometimes do) face Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar moments where my mentality is all wrong and I am looking to reason with God and try to figure out things based on my perception. I have also had the Job moments where I feel like God just won't let up and am angry with him for letting me go through so much and want to just cry WHAT DID I DO TO YOU??!! But Elihu really puts things in perspective and offers up great advice on why things are like they are. He also helps to illustrate that it is not about how we determine what justice is and whether or not we think God is being just. It is not about what we did, it just may be a lesson that we wouldn't have received any other way.

15 But by means of their suffering, he rescues those who suffer.
For he gets their attention through adversity.
16 “God is leading you away from danger, Job,
to a place free from distress.
He is setting your table with the best food.
17 But you are obsessed with whether the godless will be judged.
21 Be on guard! Turn back from evil,
for God sent this suffering
to keep you from a life of evil.

This was a great reminder and I immediately got happy! I feel like it spoke directly to me. God allowed this to happen so that God could do something unexpected for him. Yes, he had to cut some things away from him, but wouldn't you rather experience cuts from God first that he can heal so that when life cuts you, you already know that God can heal that pain. This trial is for Job to focus on God bc we see that in his suffering God is actually KEEPING him from a life of evil. That sure gives me a different perception on facing difficult situations.