Job 17:10. “But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.”
WRONG VIEWPOINT. “God surely has blessed him,” we might wrongfully assume. Because he is wealthy and famous, we from human eyes presume That the evidence is there; just take another look and see. God has favored him highly; he is successful materially.
But success and prosperity may be the very things That to the one we thought God blessed, downfall to him brings. Those things may be possessed by long labor and human endeavor. They are not always because God bestowed on them His divine favor.
Contrary to that is trouble and affliction which some will suppose Is evidence of God’s judgment and false comforters will propose A list of things you have done that is wrong, and God brought this to pass To bring you to your knees in guilt hoping this trial will not last.
Some people may be wise in their viewpoint of the ways of the world. Their success and reputation are built on what they have stored Of the tangible goods they have gathered by their wisdom and their skill. It was their personal initiative that their abundant coffers filled.
We should not jump to conclusions or hasty comments make – When from a person for some unknown reason, God from that person takes All they have depended on and even faithfully did use – To benefit themselves and others before all they did loose.
God’s wisdom is such that I can’t know – His ways are past finding out. I may never get the answer as to why this situation came about. All I really need to know is God promised to not forsake – Those who trust in Him and do His will in the course they take.
Sometimes it is best to keep opinions and questions inside. If God wants me to know His reasons, those He will not hide. My viewpoints will be safe, if within the bounds of scripture, they stay. And my opinions are limited – what I know is all I will say.
“Father God, I am convinced of the need to keep my opinions and suspicions to myself. But I have problems sometimes of speaking without thinking. Please help me to be aware of the necessity of keeping quiet when I should, and of speaking only when it is right and profitable. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”