Did Eliphaz offer good advice? (Job 22:21)
Did Eliphas offer good advice (Job 22:21)? Wasn't it misdirected? Job 22:21 “Acquaint now thyself with Him, and be at peace; thereby good shall come unto thee.
Job 22:21
ESV - 21 Agree with God, and be at peace; thereby good will come to you.
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Asked December 13 2018
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Jack Gutknecht
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Tim Maas
As Eliphaz indicated, people should strive to know God. However, Eliphaz associated improper motives with that effort. The search for God should arise from a sense of humility and of personal need for Him (based on a recognition of one's own imperfection and spiritual poverty in comparison to His holiness), in order to be reconciled to Him. It should emphatically NOT be undertaken as a means of achieving or assuring earthly success or material prosperity, but instead with an understanding of the brevity and transience of this life in comparison to eternity, and the peace and joy of being in His presence forever after that life is over. Such a perspective reduces to insignificance any temporal wealth or happiness that the world or this present age can offer, as well as any adversity or persecution to which those who follow God may now be subject.
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