Seeing and encountering The Lord for yourself is different from being told about Him. In the book of Job, when the patriarch was going through difficulties, he had his three friends: Eliphaz, Zophar and Bildad accuse him and giving him wrong information of God's righteousness.
In Job 42:5, Job talks about two different experiences. He first talks about what he has heard. Secondly, he talks about seeing The Lord. When Job saw God for himself he realised he wasn't justified. God's righteousness began to unfold before His eyes. He began to abhor himself. He began to regret careless utterances he had made.
Job 42:5-6
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Then in verse 7 after Job had repented and seen The Lord's righteousness, God summons his three friends and begins to rebuke them for giving false information of Him but you would realsie that God did not start with Job's friends. God was waiting for Job to brace himself up and seek Him.
Job 42:7
And it was so, that after the Lord had spoken these words unto Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
And it was so, that after the Lord had spoken these words unto Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
If we do not understand any mishap in our lives we should learn to get personal with God and ask questions and wait patiently on Him. If we don't seek God during such moments people will portray a different kind of God to us. God loves His children and He wants to reveal hidden things to them.
Glory To Jesus
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