Faithful Friends Part 1

Job 2:11–13 introduces us to Job’s three friends, who, before giving any bad advice later, actually get a few things right. When they hear about Job’s suffering, they travel from their homes, weep with him, and sit beside him in silence for seven days because “they saw that his suffering was very intense.”

This message reminds us that while everyone suffers, no one should suffer alone. Faithful friendship looks like:

Seeking and seeing those who are hurting, sharing in their struggle, and sitting in silence when words would only wound.

Just as Job’s friends sat with him, Jesus seeks us, sympathizes with us, and never leaves us to suffer by ourselves.