Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Job 42:10-17
by: Dale E. Rood.
Perhaps the key line here is in verse 17: “So Job died, being old and full of days.” That is the same description given of Abraham (Genesis 25:7-8) and Isaac (Genesis 35:28-29). It is easy to think that God should fix all our problems just the way he fixed Job’s difficulties. It is important however to read between the lines to what is really important. That our life be full is what God has promised: we will live long enough and well enough to fulfill the purposes God has for us, and we will be able to die in that satisfaction.