25: G.I. Job, A Real Christian Hero

Yes! Stand up for yourself! Finally! Job says what I sometimes think. He is speaking like a real Christian, not those fake ones that have everything going for them. I'm proud of Job for finally getting into the tough questions. I've heard enough Bible stories where good things happen. We finally get a holy man who is pissed off at God, something we can all relate to.

So Job speaks and what comes out of his mouth is quite disturbing. Chapter 3 is a big rant about how he wishes he wasn't born and that he curses the day of his birth. That's cool. It's a little dramatic and suicidal, but mostly kind of funny. He didn't speak for seven straight days and the first thing that comes out of his mouth is "May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, 'A boy is born!" Again, it's a little dramatic.

He talks about, in great detail, how lucky the dead are because they do not have to suffer. He admits that he has no peace, but turmoil. While Job may be talking about the physical dead, I believe he speaks of the spiritual dead.

I often find myself asking the same question: Why is light (happiness) given to those who are spiritually dead (non-Christian)? I wouldn't care about this answer except that while those individuals have light, I have darkness, nothing.

Job sums it up pretty well. "Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in? For sighing comes to me instead of food; my groans pour out like water."

Buddy, we are still trying to figure out this one. Why do good things happen to non-Believers? Let me rephrase that. Why do non-Believers get BLESSED? I thought blessings were saved only for God's children. It seems like He hands out blessings like they're at random.

Again, this wouldn't be a problem for me if I, as a Believer, received a few more blessings....

...I have to catch myself when I do this. I'm trying to recognize my blessings, even if I don't ask for them. So I apologize in mid-sentence.

This illustrates that we will always compare ourselves to other people. It's human nature. I guess the thing to remember is that while we may see others as having great things that we want, we probably have a few things that others want as well. This shouldn't boost our ego, but rather give us confidence in what we have.