Trackless Waste

Job 12:24-13:5 – He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason; he makes them wander in a trackless waste. They grope in darkness with no light; he makes them stagger like drunkards. “My eyes have seen all this, my ears have heard and understood it. What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you. But I desire to speak to the Almighty and to argue my case with God. You, however, smear me with lies; you are worthless physicians, all of you! If only you would be altogether silent! For you, that would be wisdom.

Psalm 107:39-40 – Then their numbers decreased, and they were humbled by oppression, calamity and sorrow; he who pours contempt on nobles made them wander in a trackless waste.

Job 9:17 – He would crush me with a storm and multiply my wounds for no reason.

Job 2:13 – Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him, because they saw how great his suffering was.

Application:

• ·         In their prosperity the people, led by their nobles, grow proud and turn their backs on the God who has blessed them, so He returns them to the desert.
• ·         Job does not know that God has allowed Satan to crush him for a high purpose.
• ·         “No one said a word to him” was a wiser response than their later speeches would prove to be.

All Scripture verses taken from NIV