A Vast God

A VAST GOD – Job 9-10 Dear friends, Nat continues our 'Lessons From Job' this week and writes, "Last week, we heard Bildad provide wisdom to comfort Job by setting his feet on the solid ground of God's character. So we learnt that God is just, welcoming the blameless, and rejecting the wicked. Frustratingly, Bildad's understanding of God was limited to this one characteristic, and so it offered little in the way of comfort or wisdom. This week, we hear Job's reply. Job rejects Bildad's wisdom based on his personal experience of innocent suffering. To Job's mind, God is not 'justice' alone; he is 'vast in wisdom and power' alone. Job's wisdom, like Bildad's, is greatly perverted by this limited understanding of God. Despite these misunderstandings, Job reveals a deep desire to be in good standing with God and longs for a mediator to bridge the great divide between mere mortals and God. Job cannot comprehend such a mediator existing... can you?