Then Job replied: “Even today my complaint is bitter; his hand is heavy despite my groaning. If only I knew where to find him; if only I could go to his dwelling! – Job 23:1-3
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Job was not comforted.
Eliphaz, Job’s friend had just finished a long speech in his effort to comfort Job. But Job continued to feel desperate. All the wisdom and counsel of Eliphaz and his other friends did not really help. It made his mental and spiritual agony only worse. Do your friends feel comforted or more miserable after you try to comfort them? We need to be careful with our words and the way we comfort others.
Job’s greater need or desire was not to be healed of his disease or see his children brought back from the grave or even to get his properties back. His longing was for God. Job longed for and sought God. His first and greatest desire was to find God and get back in communion with Him.
Job felt separated from God. He was not able to feel the presence of God. A man who previously had been in fellowship with God now felt utterly forsaken. And that was the greatest source of torment for Job. Job not only felt separated from God, but he was longing to get the fellowship back. He was not content without the presence of God that he had always enjoyed. Job’s greatest desire was for God, even above his family, his money or even his own health.
Times of crisis reveal our inmost and deepest desires. What is your greatest desire?
Lord, you know my heart, increase in me my desire for you, I pray.
Extended Reading – Job 21-23
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