Miércoles 6 de abril
¿Todavía estás reteniendo firmemente tu integridad? ¡Maldice a Dios, y muere! (Job 2:9.)
Al principio, la esposa de Job sufrió las mismas desgracias que él. La pérdida de sus hijos y de la fortuna familiar debió de ser demoledora (Job 1:13-19). También tiene que haberle dolido muchísimo ver a su esposo con una terrible enfermedad, moviéndola a decir lo supracitado. Poco después llegaron tres hombres —Elifaz, Bildad y Zofar— con la supuesta intención de consolar a Job. Pero no hicieron más que recurrir a argumentos erróneos, por lo que resultaron ser “consoladores molestos”. Por ejemplo, Bildad dio a entender que los hijos de Job habían pecado y que se merecían lo que les había sucedido. Elifaz insinuó que Job estaba pagando con su sufrimiento pecados del pasado. ¡Insinuó incluso que Dios no valora a sus siervos leales! (Job 2:11; 4:8; 8:4; 16:2; 22:2, 3.) Aun bajo esa tremenda presión, Job se mantuvo íntegro. Es cierto que se equivocó al “declarar [...] justa su propia alma más bien que a Dios” (Job 32:2). No obstante, fue fiel hasta el final.
Wednesday, April 6
Are you yet holding fast your integrity? Curse God and die!—Job 2:9.
Initially, Job’s wife suffered the same blows that her husband suffered. The loss of her children and the family wealth must have devastated her. (Job 1:13-19) It must have hurt her to see her husband suffering a painful disease, causing her to say the above. Then, three men arrived—Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar—ostensibly to offer Job comfort. Instead, they used deceptive reasoning and proved to be “troublesome comforters.” For example, Bildad suggested that Job’s children had engaged in wrongdoing and deserved their fate. Eliphaz insinuated that Job’s suffering was punishment for past sins. He even questioned whether those who keep integrity are of any value to God! (Job 2:11; 4:8; 8:4; 16:2; 22:2, 3) Under such heavy pressure, Job kept his integrity. True, he could be faulted when he turned to “declaring his own soul righteous rather than God.” (Job 32:2) Still, he remained faithful through it all.
Examining the Bible Scriptures Daily, Such instructions gave Jesus ‘the tongue of the taught ones’ so that he would ‘know how to answer the tired one with a word.’ (Isa. 30:20; 50:4; Matt. 11:28-30) Being awakened to timely counsel from the Word of God each morning will not only help you to cope with your own problems but also equip you with ‘the tongue of the taught ones’ to help others.”
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