Verse of the Day

"Cease striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth."
-Psalm 46:10

"...I repent in dust and ashes."

I just finished reading Job and noticed something interesting. Most of the book is spent with Job's friends giving speeches about how God only punishes the wicked, so the fact that multiple tragedies befell Job meant he had sinned against God. Job argues that he has walked the path of righteousness and his friends are wrong. God shows up and confronts Job: "Gird up your loins like a man," and "Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?" Job gives up his argument: "I retract, and I repent in dust and ashes." Then God says Job spoke rightly of Him while Job's friends were wrong. Job is restored in everything he lost.

But God never explains. He doesn't tell Job of the debates with Satan that occur at the beginning of the book. The answer to Job's questions are simply: I Am.