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“His survivors will be buried because of the plague, and their widows
will not be able to weep. Though he piles up silver like dust (he will get
rich) and prepares garments as plentiful as the clay, (he will get rich)
He may prepare it, but the just will wear it and the innocent will divide
the silver.

They talked about physical things. Chapter 28:1-11. Do you want to see
how smart Job is? We will not take time to read this, but boy, does he have a
knowledge of geology. He said you have been talking about gold, silver,
riches and wealth. I will tell you about it. I know more about it than you do.
He goes on to illustrate it in the first eleven verses. But then he says I am
not talking about gold and silver and being rich and not being rich. I do not
care about losing my money. I am not complaining about my “crosses and
my losses”. Verse 12 “Where can wisdom be found?” That is what I am
after. Verse 14,

“The deep says, ‘It is not in me’; And the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’
Pure gold cannot be given in exchange for it, nor can silver be weighed
as its price. It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx,
or sapphire. Gold or glass cannot equal it, nor can it be exchanged for
articles of fine gold. Coral and crystal are not to be mentioned; And the
acquisition of wisdom is above that of pearls. The topaz of Ethiopia
cannot equal it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.”
He says all of you have been talking about gold, and the rich are poor, and
the righteous are rich. I am not talking about gold. Gold cannot buy wisdom!
I know I lost my money, and I know I lost my house, and I know I lost my
kids and I lost my health, but there is something deeper than that. That is
what my heart cries out for! I want wisdom, and you do not buy that with
silver and gold.
He says in verse 23-28, I know He knows. And then he sinks into his final
despair, chapter 29 he reminisces. Oh, I remember when I was walking with
God. In chapter 30 he says, but look at me now. In chapter 31 he says, there
has been no reason for this, no reason that I know of. Look at verse 35 of
chapter 31. This is his final sigh now. The arguments are over.
“Oh that I had one to hear me! Behold, here is my signature; Let the
Almighty answer me! And the indictment which my adversary has
written, Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, I would bind it to
myself like a crown. I would declare to Him the number of my steps;
Like a prince I would approach Him.”
If only God would come out of hiding! I would come right up before Him,

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