Job 24

 God's time or ours?

In the first verse, Job is asking why God hasn't set a time to give out justice. The answer is God has set a time. The problem, of course, is that it isn't when we want it to be. Job is assuming that because he doesn't see it, it's not coming. We may think we want God's judgment now but the truth may be that we may be just as lacking as the people we believe deserve it. The problem is we may not see our own issues.

 Perhaps, the wise thing to do isn't to wish for God's judgment on others but to ask him to show us our own problems so that we can stand before Him when judgment comes?

Though there is much complaining about God not responding it is interesting that at the end of this section, Job says that though some appear to be secure God will bring them down. Here I see Job still showing his trust in God though he has questioned why things happen the way they do.