“Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.”
Job 18:21 KJV
Bildad the Shuhite again comes forward and tries to indicate that Job is wicked, that’s why calamity came upon him, ending his speech with, “Oh no! So this is what happens to perverse people. This is how the God-ignorant end up!” Many times, we offer explanations to our suffering friends as to why things have gone wrong for them, without giving any solution to their predicament. Bildad was like that, quite apathetic towards Job. For us in the new covenant, the solution is always Jesus and the finished work of the Cross, where the defeat of satan was nailed once and for all. Let’s be kind, compassionate and merciful to others, especially those who are against us and despitefully use us, because we are the righteousness of God in Christ. The right thing to do is to be merciful for we obtain mercy ourselves and we are blessed when we do that. Vengeance belongs to God, He Alone is the Righteous Judge and we surrender to Him all wrongdoing done to us so that we receive His mercy. Amen!
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