"JOB HATH SPOKEN WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE ... WITHOUT WISDOM." Elihu reasons with Job: things which concern us do not always happen just as we would have it. Some, by their attitude and speech, think that the Most High should have consulted their ease, their fancy, and their inflated ego. The gospel is not just what they fancy it shall be. Providence does not work as they desire. Few things are exactly as they wish. Should it be according to your mind? Is not your mind carnal, selfish, darkened? If it were according to your mind, would not God's glory be obscured? Would not others suffer and your own danger be greater? Is not your God wiser, kinder, and holier than you are? Does He not love justice? Are not His mercies over all His works? True, you may be afflicted, you may be poor, you may be sickly, what then? You are wishing for health, for prosperity, for freedom from trials, but, "should it be according to thy mind?" Beloved, let us guard against such a spirit: it is arrogant, it is dangerous. The thing is "not on," your God must govern, not you. He is wonderful in counsel and excellent in ministration. His ways are just, His plans are wise, His designs are perfect, and when the whole is complete, every part of it will reflect His glory, perfectly.

For Meditation:
Let saints proclaim Jehovah's praise,
And acquiesce in all His ways,
He keeps eternity in sight,
And what His hand performs is right.