Friday, February 27, 2009

Not Enough Jobs to Go Around

There are not many people named Job out there. I've never met one. I have met several people named Noah, plenty of Daniels, and even a Moses, but no Job. But he was declared a to be a man who was "blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil" (Job 1:1). He is even mentioned by God in the book of Ezekiel along with Noah and Daniel. As God promises that Jerusalem will be destroyed, He says that even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in the city they would escape by their righteousness but the city would still be destroyed (Ezekiel 14:14, 16, 18, 20). So Job seems to be considered among the most righteous men of the OT by God Himself.
Of course I know why there are not many people named Job out there, since the name is synonymous with suffering. It's just interesting that God seems to think of Job as synonymous with righteousness. It would seem the two often go hand in hand.