The Perfect View of God

Job 2

This is a short chapter (only 13 verses) yet it is very potent.  I’m getting a sense of what God means when he refers to Job as “perfect” and “upright”. It has nothing to do really with what he does in his life (his charity, his acts of worship, etc.).  It is really more about how Job views God I think.  He has the most perfect and upright view of God.  God is to be praised, trusted, and honored no matter what.  In other words, Job’s reverence to God is unconditional.  This is the complete opposite of what Satan had claimed in chapter 1 when he said

“Doth Job fear God for nought?” – Job 1:9

Satan claimed that Job’s view of God was conditioned by all the blessing in his life.  Not only was this not true, but Job’s view of God was even higher than what Satan could imagine.  Job accepts the fact that God does whatever He wishes and without explanation.

This is clear by Job’s actions, but it really comes to light by the words he speaks in this chapter when he says

“What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?” – Job 2:10

Wow!  This is Job’s response to his wife who tell him to “curse God and die” (exactly what Satan wanted him to do).  Job is saying here that he’s not holding God to some kind of contract agreement where God will blesses him and he in turn serves Him.  Instead, Job is showing us that God is sovereign in all things and owes no one anything.  It is this view of God I think that God refers to as Perfect and upright.

This is not just faith . . . not just obedience . . . this is the proper view of God.  He is sovereign in all things both good and evil.  This is why God held Job is such high regard in the first place.  If only we could attain a mere portion of that view of God!  This is where we should seek to be.