Day 25

Job 22-25.  “Is It Fair?”

God “gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and on the unjust” (Matt. 5:45).
Eliphaz, for the third time, tells Job his suffering is because of his wickedness.  Job answers Eliphaz with a philosophical observation when he asks Eliphaz why the wicked are not always being punished.  He says they can steal and harm without penalty.
However, as he continues, he also notes that death consumes them, people forget them, and true assurance eludes them.  
We are often guilty of the same kind of thinking as Eliphaz, that punishment must be as a result of wrong actions.  Yet, this side of judgment, that is not always true of the saved or the unsaved.  God’s thoughts and methods are nothing like ours (Isa. 55:8,9).  He is patient and is not bound to our time schedule.  God is fully aware of everything and everyone (Job 25:23), and His judgment will be fair and certain.  
Graciously remember that Christ died for all—the just and the unjust (1 Pet. 3:18).

General Questions for each day:
Summarize the day’s Bible passage in your own words.
What thoughts, actions, attitudes or beliefs are addressed in the passage?
How is the Holy Spirit leading you to apply this passage to your life today?