I continue to prayerfully reflect on the book of Job. Our Fall series on Job will begin at the Red Brick Church, D.V., on October 5. In preparation, I am interacting a great deal with Christopher Ash’s recent commentary published by Crossway, Job: The Wisdom of the Cross (Preaching the Word)
In some deep way it is necessary for it to be publicly seen by the whole universe that God is worthy of the worship of a man and that God’s worth is in no way dependent on God’s gifts. Christopher Ash, page 44.
The only edit I would make to this quote is to say – – our worship of God is in no way dependent on God’s immediate gifts. Ultimately, there is no tension between God’s glory and our joy. But it may feel for a season that there is a tension.
“No tension between God’s glory and our joy” … sounds like Christian Hedonism.
“For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.” – 2 Corinthians 4:17-18
Peter, indeed it does! And it also sounds like the first Westminster Q&A!