Job 30

Job 30:1

“I have told you how it used to be, but nownow these young scoundrels come around and throw rocks at me. They have no use for me. Let me tell you about the fathers of these kids. I wouldn’t even have hired them to watch over my flock.”

Job 30:2

He goes on to deride these scoundrels who now have no use for him.

Job 30:9

They are making up dirty little ditties about Job, and they ridicule him in song. He knew what it was to be the object of derision led by young hoodlums. I don’t know about you, but I am tired of listening to Job. First he was boasting about the outstanding man he had been. Now he is courting sympathy. “I was such a great fellow and now look at me.” And who is to blame for this, my friend? Why, God is to blame. There are a lot of Christians in that same position today. It is possible to be blaming God but to do it in a very pious way. “I had all those blessings. I was so active. I did kind things for people. But look at me now.” Well, whatever it is that has happened, it is because God is good, never because God is not good. Whatever happens is because God is working out something beneficial in the life of a believer. Job finally says,

Job 30:31

His singing voice is the harp. All he can sing now is the “Desert Blues.” The organ is his speaking voice, and he says all it can do is weep. He has a tear in his voice all the time. That is his condition now. He is asking for sympathy and certainly is a man to be pitied. However, you will notice that there still is no brokenness of spirit. God has been put at a great disadvantage in this man’s life. He is a proud man. He justifies himself instead of justifying God. In fact, he blames God. What is the problem of Job? It is pride. It is the same thing that caused Satan to fall. It was the sin in the Garden of Eden. It is that awful thing that eats like a cancer into the human heart. That awful sin of pride is there in the hearts and lives of all of us.