Job 32:1-22
32:1-5 Job's "friends" were unable to determine the reason for the plight of his life except for their belief that Job was guilty somehow. Another person thought he would try to solve Job's problem, a younger man named Elihu.
32:6-9 Even though Elihu was young, he believed that he possessed the wisdom to interpret Job's situation better than any who had tried before him.
32:10-14 Elihu noticed that the men failed to convince Job of their argument; he felt that they failed to answer Job's questions as well. He declared that he would try a different approach.
32:15-22 Elihu was so arrogantly sure of his own ability to interpret the situation. He felt that he was bursting with the Word of God; but in actuality, Job needed only to discuss his situation directly with God. None of Job's friends, neither Elihu, was in the vicinity when God planned Job's life.
Be careful not to behave as those you have all the answers for another person's life. Advice and support is important but Job's friends and Elihu took it to another level; they felt they knew what God's advice and reason in Job's life would be. Make sure that you get the most important information about your life from your relationship with God.
