Job 13

Summary: Job wonders aloud if his friends are comfortable lying for God's cause, and kindly asks them to stuff it. He then goes for God, claiming that only an innocent man would dare try to approach the Almighty. He wants two things: first, for his affliction to stop; then, for God to come and name his sins.

Response: "Does God need your help?" "Are you really okay with lying for God's cause?" "Would He be happy to see you doing this?" I feel like the first half could easily be slung at today's American church. 

But Job is just about ready for this to be over. The bad news for him is that we're now a quarter of the way in. Lord, reveal to me my weakness, and fill me with Your perseverance.