Job 3-5

“I am not at rest, but turmoil comes” (3:26). Job was painfully honest. He did not “Curse God and die!” as his wife suggested (2:9), but he did wish for death (v11-21). He did not understand why he had lost everything precious to him, nor why he was suffering with a terrible illness. He hadn’t committed any sins worthy of such punishment, though his friend Eliphaz implied that his suffering was his own fault (4:8).

Job, model for all who suffer tragedy, didn’t try to minimize his pain. He poured out his heart before God and expected an answer.