Job 4:1-11

Summary: Job having had his say, next his friend Eliphaz speaks up. He has seen how Job has helped others and is now in need of help himself. Eliphaz posits that only wicked people perish at God's hand, and that Job should rest on the laurels of his good deeds. 

Response: Our glut of news might have many detriments, but one good aspect is knowing for sure that there is much injustice in this world, from rulers that have no right or tact for doing so to countless people trampled on by the rich and powerful. What innocent perished, Eliphaz, and what uprightness is destroyed? It numbers among the millions, every day. 

This is not how it "should" be, of course, but this is where God's people come in. It is our duty to offer help, peace, justice, even grace--to be God in the world. Not through legislation, but through action. Even just in our homes, but hopefully stretching out into the world too.