God Won't Condemn.....

Does this mean that we dare express our frustrations , our anger-- even call God to account in our ignorance and confusion ...
without being condemned by God ?

Shocking though it may be--- yes... we can...
In Phillip Yancey's words: " One bold message in the book of Job is that you can say anything to God,..
Throw at him your grief , your anger, your doubt, your bitterness , your betrayal, your disappointment-- he can absorb them all..

God is much bigger then we are...
Job also recognizes how big, how great, God is....
After Hearing God's argument , Job says, " I dispise myself and repent in dust and ashes "
( Job 42:6)

But repent of what ? Of some specific sin ? Not quite...
Job explains " Surely I spoke of things I did not understand , things to wonderfull for me to know" ( Verse 3)

An understanding was clarified for Job rather then a specific sin to overcome...
Job had been to hasty in concluding God was injust or inept...

Job now had a deeper, clearer perception of his creator...
But this new awareness was only a by-product of the real purpose of Job's suffering----
the testing of his faith and love.

It was a case of God needing to know something about Job rather then Job haveing to know something about himself...