More Than Earthly Riches

Job 22:23-25 (Eliphaz) If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. ²⁴ Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. ²⁵ Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.

Job 23:10 (Job) But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold

Eliphaz counseled Job, stating that if he will just repent and return to the Almighty, that he will be blessed with the riches of gold and silver.  How often do we here that today from the pulpit or on Christian TV?

The riches that God has promised us are far beyond the riches of gold and silver.  Job understood this.  In Job’s response to these comments by Eliphaz he stated, But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.   Job knew that the true riches were a life that was as pure as gold, a life that God had formed and conformed into His image and likeness. 

Job did eventually have his earthly riches restored, but more importantly he maintained his integrity and was purified by the trial that he went through.