S(Job 13:8) Will you show partiality toward [God]? Will you plead the case for God?
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Job was right to be very disgusted and angry with his friends. They were trying to defend God's character in the face of Job's suffering, but in the process they falsely accused Job of wrong. As G. Campbell Morgan observed of this text, "[God] is never vindicated by any argument which involves injustice to any human being ... To attempt to explain the suffering, and that by our philosophy of God, may be to lead us into injustice to the sufferer, and to misrepresent God."
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It is tempting for me to try to define God so He's acceptable to others, or so He's either more understandable or less embarrassing to me. Unfortunately, the method of giving Him a make-over is to grossly misrepresent Him and to hurt people. It's far better to learn and believe God's words about Himself--to "permit" God to speak for Himself through the Scriptures.
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Lord, You've explained that You are love and that love covers a multitude of sins (1 Peter 4:8). Your cross certainly demonstrated that (Romans 5:1-11). Using the truth of Your love as a launching point, help me to humbly help others like me who have been buried by difficulties (James 5:20).
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