We cultivate a studious avoidance of the book of Job in much the same way that we avoid praying for things like “patience.” For it is a well known fact that our God loves to give such things, and his usual method is to give us circumstances in which we will have to learn patience. In the same way, many are afraid of Job and of learning the lessons of Job because we fear that God will notice us. We fear that he will love us like he loved Job, and that he will strike us.
