Author: Gerhard E. Frost

Pages: 114

Release Date: 1992 (Note that the versions that are linked are "updated" versions of this book with new content)

Ease of Reading: Easy

Nonfiction

I came across this book via a friend.  We had just wrapped up a men's get together in the church library when he asked me if I had ever read this book before.  He mentioned that it was about the book of Job which is one of my favorite old testament books.  I said no, so we dug a little bit and found it.

When I got home and opened it up, I hit a section titled "About this reprint..." and lo and behold whose name shows up but my friend's.  (This wasn't a trick question like some that showed up on that David and Goliath quiz DC put up. ).  So immediately the book got off on the right foot as I was smiling.  My friend later explained that some copies have that in it and some don't and that he didn't remember whether this copy did or not.

I wouldn't have had to go much further into it anyways.  There are numerous points in the book that I hadn't considered previously that pop up almost immediately. 

For instance, the idea of "mine" pops up several times in the book.

"My servant Job."  To pass over these words lightly is to be locked out of the deeper meanings of the book.

We will say many things about this person, Job, but all of them are insignifcant when balanced against this three-word verdict, this stamp of integrity issuing from God.  Here the Lord speaks his authoritative "mine."  This is grace.

The book is broken into short little devotionals commenting on verses in the Book of Job.  These go chronologically, but are sometimes repeated.  There are a couple of sections on this verse for instance.  Another for instance asks "Why does God mark his servant for suffering?"

The testing of Job will enrich many.  Our greatest teachers are often the greatest sufferers, not because they have been given all the answers, but because they have experienced the Presence.

It also comments on perhaps my favorite verse in Job.  The one that always makes me crack up even though it maybe shouldn't.  The one that reminds me how much I love my wife.

We know little about Job's, but some things can be assumed.  She is deeply involved in each of Job's losses.  His lost property and children had been hers, too.  His anguish of spirit must incite her own inner turmoil.

In short, if you like the book of Job and would like thoughts on the book of Job, this is probably a book you're going to be interested in picking up.  There aren't too many books that provide commentary on Job out there and the way this one is broken up into nuggets makes it a really easy read.