約伯已親身體驗到上帝的大能與智慧，但上帝的審判和公義依然存在，於是上帝再度以質詢（「你有上帝那樣的膀臂嗎？」）、詰問（「可定我有罪好顯自己為義嗎？」）以及比喻（「想想河馬及鱷魚」），這使約伯自以為義的態度回轉改過，即使他發現上帝的道路不易，還能願意完全信靠，從此約伯靈命復興，以前只是風聞有上帝，如今事親眼見祂！

        上帝不只是縫補──而是更新。
        上帝不只是消弭罪惡──而是拯救。
        上帝不只是改革──而是改變。
        兩星期以來，你一直在讀約伯憂苦的傳記，這人以堅苦卓絕、不屈不饒的精神流芳百世。
        對約伯而言，他對上帝的信仰並未使他的生活一帆風順，就另一個角度來看，信仰反而是他遭災的理由！（記得第一、第二章嗎？）約伯對上帝的信心也並未自動回答一切他對上帝的疑問，卻給他力量及接受的能力：財富與貧困，祝福與災禍，意外和不可解。
        就是這樣的信心可為你成就一切，正如一位詩歌的作者所說的：「藉著這一切，我學會信靠耶穌，學會信靠上帝；藉著這一切，我學會倚靠祂的話。」
        在你學會信靠上帝之前，必須先與祂面對面，如果你從沒有這麼做，以謹慎和禱告的心研讀下一頁，並且記住：上帝能拯救、保護約伯，同樣也能拯救、保護你。

        上帝賜福的三層省思
        歷經痛苦後的約伯又添了三個兒女，她們的名字象徵的意義是美麗與恢復的榮耀（42：14）：長女耶米瑪（鴿子）；次女基洗亞（馨香）；幼女基連哈樸（美化）。

為你擁有約伯那樣的信心禱告，使你的信心受到苦難波濤的衝擊也不退縮。

English

        Job has been confronted with God's power and wisdom. But the question of His judgment and justice yet remains. Once again God uses interrogation ("Hast thou an arm like God?"), invitation ("Prove that you know how to exercise true justice"), and illustration ("Behold now behemoth") to bring Job to the point of repentance for his presumptuous attitude. Though Job still finds God's ways unsearchable, he is willing to trust God completely. Job emerges from his tragedy a man of renewed faith, having heard about God . . . and spoken to God face to face.

        God doesn't just patch—He renews.
        God doesn't just salve sins—He saves.
        God doesn't just reform—He transforms.
        Job's faith in God didn't necessarily make life easier for him. In some ways, that faith was the reason for his calamity! (Remember chapters 1 and 2?) And Job's confidence in God didn't automatically answer all his questions about God. But it gave him a strength and stability to accept what each day brought: prosperity and poverty, blessing and bereavement, the unexpected and the unex plain able.
        That's what faith in God can do for you. As the songwriter has said, 'Through it all, I've learned to trust in Jesus, I've learned to trust in God; Through it all, I've learned to depend upon His Word."
        But before you can learn to trust Him, you must meet Him face to face. If you've never done that, read the next page carefully and prayerfully. And remember, the God who saved and sustained Job can do the same for you!

        A Threefold Benediction of God's Blessing (42:14)
        The daughters born to Job after his suffering were given names symbolizing the beauty and glory of restoration: Jemima (dove); Kezia (perfume); and Keren-happuch (beautifier).

Pray far a faith like Job's that will not shrink when it is washed in the waters of affliction.