Job 13
INFERIOR
Job was beginning to get distressed with the constant attacks from his friends. He said, “What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.” (Job 13 v 2).
Because Job had lost all his wealth, his family and his health, his friends had begun to look down on him as someone who was not as wise or as prestigious as they were. Judging by what they said, we can conclude that they thought themselves better than Job. It was obvious to them that Job was a serious sinner with an even bigger problem of basic honesty. But Job argued back, insisting that “I am not inferior to you.”
Often when we pick an argument, it will be with someone we consider inferior to us in some way. But as Job’s friends should have done, we need to remember that God has made us all. Other people are not inferior to us. Their different circumstances might give them the appearance of being inferior, but their personal circumstances are probably something we will never understand. On the other hand, we might seem inferior to them for some reason. In actual fact, we are all equal – just different.
So let us look up to and respect one another. One day it might be us protesting that “I am not inferior to you.” In the meantime, let’s make sure that no one feels like we treat them as being inferior to us.
May the love we show to each other be like the love of Christ to us.
With love in our Lord,
Robert
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