In Job 8:6, Bildad the Shuhite reveals the core of his argument. His reasoning goes something like this:
1. God is righteous and will always act righteously
2. God rewards those who follow him in acting righteously
3. Job is being punished, not rewarded
4. Therefore, Job must not be righteous
Yet we know from a reading of the entire book that this logic is faulty. Job is righteous and is not being punished.
This is a challenge to me because it is too easy to judge people without knowing the whole story. Sure, since we are all imperfect, we contribute to our own misery in some ways, but when I see someone in a really difficult situation, I should not immediately assume that it was because of bad choices that they are suffering.
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