Job 9:13,14

Job 9:13,14 If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him. How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him? Bildad was the second of Job’s friends to speak to him. Bildad likes to argue. He says that Job is proud and will not admit that he has sinned. Bildad says that Job’s sin is the reason that all of these bad things are happening to him. But is that true? Is Job being punished because of secret evil in his heart? No, of course not. Job is suffering because Satan is bothering him. Job loves God and is trying to serve God the best that he can. But Bildad doesn’t believe Job. Bildad says that Job should confess his secret sins. But we know that Job is a good man. That is a good lesson for us. We should be careful when we accuse someone of secret sin. The truth is, we don’t know what is in their heart. We don’t know if they are being tested by God or tormented by Satan. So we should be careful when we judge someone else. Just like Bildad, we don’t know the whole story. We don’t know what is in someone’s heart. But Who knows what is in the heart? God knows. And we should let God be the judge, not us.