Job 5 - 6 - How will we react?

Eliphaz the Temanite speaks. It's easy for us to read this and and maybe pass judgment. What strikes me is that these three friends in Chapter 2 saw Job from afar, barely recognized him and wept. Then they sat silently with him for a week. Finally Job speaks and of course He's on his pity pot. It's hard. It scares me to think what I would have done. The lesson for me in Chapter 5 is: If I really don't know what to say then "Nothing is better than something". When our friends or loved ones are suffering pain or discomfort it causes us pain and discomfort. We humans don't like that so we react by saying anything or doing something which sometimes makes things worse. We speak from our intellect, or our opinions. This might make us feel better, but that should never be our motive. Eliphaz words were coming from his wisdom and his experience and not from God. "The wisdom of this world is foolishness to God." We should never speak for God unless we're sure it is from God. Eliphaz words sound very wise, but he's building a straw man. I think Job nails it when he replies in verse 6:25 "How painful are honest words! But what do your arguments prove?" And verse 6:28 "But now be so kind as to look at me. Would I lie to your face?" Eliphaz has gone from being a comforter to an accuser. A question that God's Word brings to me in Chapter 6 is: Sometimes life brings us trials and tribulations and we honestly don't know why. If that happens to me, how will I react? I've not done well in the past in this area. As my faith and trust in Him grows I've been doing better. It's a fact of life that this will happen to us. I think the book of Job is definitely a great teacher for us when it does.