My Servant Job 2

"You have heard of the perseverance of Job and seen the end intended (purpose) by the Lord—that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful" (James 5:11). The frustrating fact in the book of Job is that his counselors were not wrong in what they said. The problem was that they did not present God in the proper manner. To them, God was a mean-spirited Being who exacted punishment. Not once do we see them present God's whole counsel, "...that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful." Not once did they pray with or for Job. They had a head knowledge but lacked the spiritual insights that an ambassador of the Lord needs to bring God's healing to the soul. Four times in two verses (42:7,8), God reveals Job's relationship with Himself. In identifying Job as "My servant," our Lord vindicates and rewards His servant.