Job 35

But it is wrong to say God doesn't listen, to say the Almighty isn't concerned. You say you can't see Him, but He will bring justice if you will only wait.

(Job 35:13-14)

This is a good word from Elihu. In the book of Isaiah we read (paraphrasing) that “the Lord doesn’t need hearing aids, He can hear your every prayer; and it isn’t that He can’t reach us if we need His salvation… the problem lies with us. Our sins have separated us from a holy God”. It is here that we realize that the problem never lies on God’s side of the equation, it is always with us. Now, God declared that Job was more righteous than any other man on the face of the earth, but his righteousness was still like FILTHY RAGS before a holy God.

God has provided a way for us to have a relationship with Him. We can deal with the issue of the sin that separates us. In Job’s day, they looked forward to the day when men could have intimate and open communication with the Lord the way that we do. Elihu’s admonition was especially applicable for Job and his contemporaries. The Lord listened, and He WAS concerned. In fact, He cared a great deal about Job, and would see to it that all things were made right. Job couldn’t see God, or the answer God was going to send… but the Lord was working.

Sometimes we can feel like Job. It is as if God doesn’t care, and our prayers just hit the ceiling and fall right back to the ground. God is listening. God is working. God will make all things right… he promises it in His word. Wait on the Lord.