How to Lay on the Altar Without Wiggling: Volume Two:
Principles for Personal Transformation

By Dorothy Womack

HOW TO LAY ON THE ALTAR WITHOUT WIGGLING, Volume Two, deals primarily with God healing and restoring us from the inside out. On the cutting edge of psychological theory, this book confirms the advancement of the inner man.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Jun 4, 2003
• ISBN: 9781462073788

Dorothy Womack

Dorothy Womack is an inspirational writer and poet. She feels she is achieving her dream, but also her destiny as well.

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Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

1

Importance of Attitudes

2

Maintaining Right Attitudes

3

Complexity of Attitudes

4

Exploring Self-Image

5

Restoring Self-Image

6

Transforming Self-Image

7

Inner Healing

8

Whole on the Inside

9

Developing Relationships

10

Maintaining Relationships

11

Prayers

Epilogue

About the Author

This book is written to honor the Holy Spirit: my teacher, my comforter, and my companion for more than three decades.

It is my sincere hope that these words will bring comfort to those who read as well; great illumination to your minds of who the Holy Spirit truly is; and healing to the deepest recesses of your hearts.

Preface

I have been a prolific writer for over 30 years now. It all began with God speaking to my heart one day when I was just 19 years old. From that day until this, I have written down every single word I have ever heard inside. Throughout my lifetime, there have come many answers, directions and guidance from listening to that inner witness. There have also been a number of books produced from this; something which God promised to me more than 25 years ago. That if I would be faithful to write, one day I would be a published writer. God’s promise has been fulfilled already; and His Word has never returned unto me void. There have been many, many lean years; but His Promises have remained: unwavering, unconditional and everlasting.

I wish to honor God in all that I do; in everything which I write for Him. I long to comfort the hurting souls who do not feel free to share their inner pain with others. I long for the words I pen to make a difference to lives unseen; to people I may never know or even know about. I want my purpose as a writer to be fulfilled. I want to be a blessing not only to those in need; but also to the God whom I serve with all of my heart. It is my intent that those who read will find help for their own hurting hearts; insights into how to grow closer to God in the process; and comfort from the pain which inevitably comes from living in this world. It is my sincere desire that those of you who read are encouraged, comforted and given direction which you seek from the hand of God, through the words which I have penned over an entire lifetime. May God’s richest blessings rest upon you; and may you feel His Spirit near to you always.

Acknowledgements

There are many people in my earthy lifetime who have changed my life in some small way; some changing my heart in larger ways. But there are three servants of God, whom I believe, were sent to this earth in order to be His witnesses. To share that He is Lord; He is the Healer; He talks to His children; He longs to love us unconditionally and share His supernatural riches: by way of visions and visitations. These three people have left permanent inroads in my heart and spirit; having taught me more by example than those in my very midst on a daily basis. They stand up tall before all men, never denying their beliefs or experiences. They dwell with God in their hearts; and the Spirit lives within them and shines from without in all ways, in each and every day.

Kathryn Kuhlman, although known as controversial, was the one who introduced me to a real, living, active relationship with the Holy Spirit Himself. She taught from the pulpit, and I saw by her living example, that what I desired most in this life was to know the Holy Spirit in the way that she did: in truth; in reality; her companion; her confidante; her confidence. A decade later, along came Dottie Rambo. Her example was also one of supernatural experience and relationship with the Holy Spirit. She shared so much of her visions from God and visitations from angels. I am truly in awe of her, as a Christian being of God’s light, because this is who she truly is. She was given at birth a God-given ability to write songs conveyed to her from the Spirit of God. They number in the thousands today. They are sung in all denominations, literally all over the world. She has left such a remarkable legacy to those wandering in this world; teaching by her songs and also by her beautiful example that one can follow Christ regardless of what happens in their lives. She has followed Christ through each and every fall; every struggle; every sorrow; all her sufferings: physical, emotional, mental. And yes, the world around her watched to see her fail. Yet, through more than 25 years, I can honestly say that she has overcome the trials that have beset her; and come out more victorious and radiant than ever before. She is a glowing witness to Christ. She bears about herself the actual Light of God.

Then, one came, who stands tall in God’s will. He is my age; and he was called to service at about the same time when I was. However, I said no, I cannot do. Benny Hinn said yes, Lord; whatever You want; wherever You wish me to go; I am there. He has been a constant, radiant example of what happens when you totally give your own life over to the Holy Spirit of God. He is known more as a healer of God’s children; but he is also a prolific writer; an astounding speaker; and preacher of God’s Word. Again, his example of the living relationship with the Holy Spirit has taught me much more than I could have ever learned from anything else. To stand in his services is to stand literally in the very presence of God and all the angels. There are just no words to describe what it feels like to have Heaven descend upon you, in earthen vessel, while you are still residing upon this earth. It is no wonder that people come in with serious illnesses and leave, totally healed by the power of God resting upon them. This is done because Benny Hinn moves over and allows the Holy Spirit to use him as an instrument of healing. It has nothing to do with Benny himself. However, to look upon Benny’s face is to see the Love of God shining forth from him; an instrument of healing to the needy.

These three people enlightened my understanding of the realm of the supernatural. At each decade of my life, they taught me by example the living realities of the Holy Spirit. They shared boldly ofhealings; of visions by God and visitations by angels. They talked with God and He spoke back to them. My deepest longing in this world was to know the Holy Spirit as these know Him: in complete openness, honesty, reliance and trust. I feel I am who I have become because of these precious saints and servants of God. They opened windows and doors to pave the way for millions ofhungry souls to learn the truth about God’s ways; the sacrifice of Jesus; and the continuing, abiding presence of the Holy Spirit within all believers. Because these three servants were strong in the faith of God, giving thanks always to Him, they taught me by example how to desire a firm relationship with the Holy Spirit. He has been my teacher; my confidante; my confidence; my assurance; my wellspring for more than 30 years. These people walked publicly through the land mines of criticism, ridicule and derision for the sake of all those who desperately needed what they had to offer: a risen Lord; a loving God; a gentle Holy Spirit. To teach; to guide; to direct; to deliver; to heal; to hold our hands every single step of our journey. Because these three imparted spiritual truths, I learned to practice the presence of the Holy Spirit in my daily life. Because the Holy Spirit descended to remain upon earth, after Jesus ascended to His Father in Heaven, I have been redeemed; taught; healed and delivered from each and every trial and torment which tried to beset me. And most importantly of all, because Christ lives, I know without any doubt, question or reservation that I too will live also: permanently; freely; everlastingly; Eternally.

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Importance of Attitudes

ACTING AN APE

On viewing the monkeys at the zoo, it was quite a picture. This female monkey and her baby were right at the bars of the cage; hands extended; eyes intent on receiving what was offered in the cotton candy I held. I offered it to the baby monkey; who shyly fled in its’ mother’s presence. The female monkey could not reach far enough to receive it; for the bars prevented her. At this, she grew upset and pulled her hair. My husband reached for the cotton candy; and the monkey had a look akin to righteous indignation. She crammed her entire foot in her mouth and began to bite with all her might; transmitting affliction to her own body as a result ofher frustration. Then, as the cotton candywas passed onto my husband again; the monkey began to beat her own head on the cement floor of the cage. She would grab her head and slam it into the pavement; all to no avail; the bars still remained. Then, as a friend took the cotton candy; the monkey screamed with unabandoned fury and vehemence; totally beside herself. This monkey, through process, was brought from a place of love to a place of hate. Frustration turned to bitterness. That monkey, were it to break through the bars, would not reach out in love now. But in violent hatred of those who possessed the cotton candy.

As the Lord unveiled this, I saw at first the natural, childish temper we all possess when we are refused our ‘rights’. God has His hand extended with ‘cotton candy’ blessings. Yet, we do not receive because we have allowed our iniquities, our ‘bars’, to separate us from Him. Our attitudes towards circumstances determine what ‘bars’ we build. Sins of the flesh and the spirit inflict themselves upon us; until our ‘cage’ is strong and sure. Then, as I thought further, I saw the cotton candy as God Himself, among His people. The bars separated the monkey; just as our sins separate us. No amount of pulling hair in confusion will help. No amount of righteous indignation at those around us who possess the cotton candy. No amount ofbiting our feet, or spiting our own face, will help. The bars remain, strong and sure. But then the frustration takes its toll on us: physically, spiritually, mentally. As we bite our feet, we transmit bitterness throughout our body and poison ourselves. To the point at last, we scream mentally for release from the bars which imprison us. We have beat our heads on the pavement, seeking to have our wishes met in our own way; all to no avail. The bars still remain. If only we could find the key out of the monkey cage, how quickly would we flee! But our sins prevent us from receiving God’s blessings; our sins destroy us totally in time. Do we allow trials to make us bitter or better? Do we develop attitudes that grieve the Holy Spirit of God? Do we seek our own way and not the will of the Father? Our sins bring physical and mental sickness to our door. But the spiritual destruction is so much greater; the hardening of our heart towards God.

That monkey became hard out ofhurt and confusion. That monkey hated us, because we held the cotton candy. How alike are we, when deep within our heart, we allow envy, jealousy towards our brethren take root; because they have cotton candy and we have none. Bitterness destroys. Jesus said we must become as little children; trusting Him and not relying upon ourselves. The monkey needed a key out of the cage. That key is love. Love opens prison doors. Nothing else. Our ‘bars’ must be burst asunder if we are to know the blessings of God. Jesus said ‘By this, shall all men know that ye are My disciples; that ye have love one towards another’. One last thought: remember that baby monkey? The one whose development was left in the hands ofits’ mother? That baby knows nothing ofhatred; yet how easily will it learn at the mercy of its’ mother. We, too, carry great influence upon the lives of those around us. Someone looks to us for the answer. Be it saved or unsaved, we must bear our responsibilities in Christ. The life we lead will lead the lives of others. The life we fail to lead will also fail to lead those lives. Which will it be? Shall we develop the character of Christ; or shall we act an ape?

© 1975 Dorothy Womack

SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS & PRIDE

The critical code of self-righteousness is PRIDE. Pride vaunts itself up; behaves itself unseemly; and is clearly evidenced in the lives it inhabits. People with a self- righteous attitude think they must make all the decisions for the majority around them. That men must look to them for the utmost in authoritative judgment. But we are all created equal, regardless of the self-righteousness of the proud heart; and that gives us all the right to make sound reasoning our part and judge our own motives and actions. God alone has the power to decide whether we stand or fall unto Him. People with a proud heart often seek out those who have love to give; and they take that love, then throw it down. They allow the person to love them; and then they destroy what manner of love is bestowed by their critical manner, because they fear being hurt. What they fail to see is that the ones they are punishing now had nothing whatsoever to do with those who hurt them before.

People with a proud heart place themselves in the seat of the scornful and judge what everyone does and find fault with it. They don’t grasp that in many ways they fail to achieve their goals. No one can meet with their approval. A rarity indeed would be to find one who met with it. Instead of love, people with a proud heart spit out cruel, taunting words. Except when need be, they shower forth affection in order to cover any guilt they have of hurting those in their midst. They become blind to the needs around them; hardened in their hearts. They never see beyond their own complaints. They always seek after methods; to know precisely how God works; to program people and even Deity to their standards and methodology. They seek to judge the movings of the Holy Spirit by their own inadequate human standards. They consider themselves as above reproach. They look down upon their brother as someone to kick about at will, whenever they get in their way by seeking to love them. They find it better suiting to line people up in a row; shoot orders at them; and puff themselves up as something important to be looked up to with the utmost respect and admiration.

But people need to be loved; not preached at and cajoled. We would win more souls to the Lord, if need be, if we were to know very little theologically and much more emotionally. The emphasis should be placed on empathy, not pity. On grace, not works. There is indeed a place for one’s theology; yet should it not be one of good works? Edifying one another in the faith, and not pounding doctrine into the heads of those who would seek only to walk in the realm of love and learn as God alone can teach them? This alone should be the goal and aim of each of us. To dwell in unitywith one another; in the true spirit oflove and holiness; rather than to haggle endlessly with theology, doctrine, authority and the like. Make love our aim; and we will never fail to see the right, the good that is within all of us. Make theology our pact; and we will never go beyond the intellect. This of course can be proven not infallible, but almost incapacitated when it comes to understanding the things of the Spirit. Make love our aim; indeed, not our game. People with a proud heart often feel that men have the answer for

God. In reality, God has the answer for men. We must never be so impudent as to think that God answers to the whimsy of men; merely as a fool in his folly.

God looks upon the heart that is open to Him. He seeks to enter in where man has not gone; to open the realm of the secret intents and desires. When we trespass against our brother, and seek to burden him down with the laws of ‘do this’ and ‘do not this’; we squelch his capacity for being a blessing to others; for winning more souls unto the Kingdom of God. We captivate him with enticing words; then browbeat him unmercifully to conform to our unique standards of high living and ‘modesty’. How is it that we of the proud heart can be so concerned to win someone into the ‘high calling of Christ’ and yet so quick to become his ruler and judge, to his utter destruction? We need a ministry of consecration; not condemnation. We must look to see that we ourselves are above reproach, before we point accusing fingers at our brother. After all, is it we alone who must choose who is worthy before God? Who would have chosen us; were we to have been left with those whom we consider so unworthy now? People with a proud heart often think what fine people they are. They look at their ‘following’ and at how many people have come to know the Lord as a result of ‘their’ faith. But no man comes to Jesus, save the Spirit of God draw him. God leaves them to our charge after salvation; and what do we do then? We play with their hearts; lead them in and out of silly laden women’s houses; houses of doctrine, theology, heartbreak. We no longer love them and desire to bring them up in the admonition and nurture of the Lord of love; but rather seek to bring down wrath on their heads because they disobey our authoritative commands; and seek to know Jesus in a greater way for themselves. Immediately we brand them with contempt; shake our beautiful heads and cry out ‘disillusionment; unlearned; silly; foolish souls’. After all we have done for them, is it any wonder that they seek to find life that is sincere, honest and true? Were they really to find truth in our lives, they would have little need to go hunting elsewhere.

We must quit fooling ourselves with the idea that all is well. All is not well. People are dying without Jesus. People that know Jesus are dying inside; and we of the proud heart have not an answer for them. We have somehow buried our spiritual knowledge behind the barriers ofhuman wisdom and opinion. Nowwe find ourselves coming empty handed; barren and fruitless in our own folly. Wondering what we thought we were accomplishing by playing men’s games and sacrificing that of really true worth for that of ashes and dust. We must wake up, arise and see that the Lord is good and of tender mercy. His desire is that we be united in the faith that Jesus Christ is Lord, and none other. No doctrine, no theology can ever take the place ofHoly Love; the love that is found truly and solely in Christ Jesus: the Author and Finisher of our faith.

© 1976 Dorothy Womack

JUDAS ISCARIOT

Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ, was called, commissioned, ordained and empowered by God. Yet, he died by his own hand, as a result ofhis sin against Christ. A sin brought on by his own carnal, selfish nature of the ‘Me First’ philosophy. Selling Jesus’ confidence for thirty pieces of silver and a little glory ofhis own (although short-lived). (Mark 3: 14-19) Judas was lost by his own devious plans. Jesus gave him a ministry; but Judas was not satisfied. He sought to barter among men that which could not be bought or sold; that ofEternal Deity. (John 18: 3-5) Judas knew Jesus as Savior and Lord; yet Judas betrayed Jesus ofhis own accord and lusts. He turned away from his profession of faith and from the reality of what he had seen, heard and experienced. He traded all for a short-lived temporal value system that brought him to his utter, Eternal destruction. (Luke 9: 1-6) Over and over in the Old Testament, God warns His people that if they walk in obedience to Him; then He will bless them. But if they refuse to obey Him; then He will destroy them. Our God is a God of love; but His Word warns us that His call upon our lives is not to be taken lightly. It is the most serious deciding factor of our very livelihood. (Deut 28th Chapter; Deut 30: 15-20). We are, none of us, above temptation. As Judas was: the temptation for earthly gain and power; the desire to be looked upon with respect and admiration; sometimes outweighing our values of right and wrong.

Let us not take lightly the admonition of the Lord, that ‘Have I not chosen you twelve; and one of you is a devil?’ Jesus knew who would betray Him. Although Judas dwelt among them, ate bread with them and shared in their blessings. Judas was regarded and treated equally as the others: called; commissioned; ordained and empowered. Yet, he turned away of his own volition; to gain temporary prestige and power. He lost his own soul to Eternal destruction (John 6: 70, 71;John 13: 18-27). Jesus still says today ‘For what hath a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul? Or, what will a man give in exchange for his soul? And what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?’ (Matt 16:26; I Peter 4:17). Think about it!

© 1976 Dorothy Womack

BOOK OF ‘JOB’

Chapter 1: Oxen, sheep, herdsmen, shepherds, camels, sons, daughters all killed. Yet Job did not sin; nor did he say anything disrespectful of God. (v. 22)

Chapter 2: Satan presents himselfbefore the Lord; obtains right to afflict Job in his flesh. Job covered with boils; wife tells him to curse God and die. Still, Job said nothing sinful through all of this (v. 10). His friends come and mourn over him.

Chapter 3: Job becomes severely depressed and curses the day he was born (v. 1, 2). Job overcome with sighing (v. 24) and fear (v. 25).

Chapter 4: Eliphaz speaks to Job; telling him of how he has lived an example before men which is being tested (v. 4-6). He intimates that Job’s discomfort is because of unconfessed sin (v. 7-9). He says that a ‘spirit’ told him so (v. 12-16). This spirit is of the devil; for it accuses God to Eliphaz; and Eliphaz believes it (v. 17-21).

Chapter 5: Eliphaz continues on his discussion of God’s righteousness.

Chapter 6: Job replies with anguish; food is distasteful to him; his friends have forsaken him. He turns to God to state his righteousness (v. 10) and to ask proof of his error (v.24).

Chapter 7: Job is resigned to his fate (v. 3,7). He is in anguish and now he also is in bitterness (v. 11). Job asks God why he is attacking him and using him as a target (v. 12); why God is terrifying him with dreams and visions (v. 14). He continues accusing God for his heartache (v. 18) and tells God to leave him alone (v. 19).

Chapter 8: Bildad speaks to Job and accuses him of perverting God’s judgment. That God only punished wicked men; so if Job would confess, God would forgive.

Chapter 9: Job replies of God’s great wrath against mankind. He speaks of a God who is vengeful and domineering (v. 12-16). Job accuses that God would give him more griefs ifhe appealed to him; and that God might not even listen to him (v. 16-18). Job despised his life (v. 21). He said that God laughs at the despair of the innocent (v. 23). Job said that even ifhe cleansed himself, that God would throw him back into the dirt (v. 30, 31). God’s terror frightened him (v. 34).

Chapter 10: Job complained in his bitterness (v. 1). He implicated that God’s pleasure was to oppress; and to smile on the wicked (v. 3). He asked why God persecuted him (v. 6, 7). He asked why God attacked him (v. 17). He asked why God harassed him (v. 17).

Chapter 11: Zophar spoke and told Job that God was vengeful and would make him pay (v. 5,6). He told Job that God would look upon him, ifhe were righteous (v. 13-19).

Chapter 12: Job talked ofbeing a laughingstock to his neighbors (v. 4); how God secured the wicked (v. 6). Job talks continually of the wrath of God upon man.

Chapter 13: Job said that he knew he was righteous (v. 15-19); and that God was drawing up bitter indictments against him (v. 26).

Chapter 14: Job says God destroys the hope of man (v. 19).

Chapter 15: Eliphaz spoke and said Job’s own lips condemned him (v. 6). He talks ofhowJob’s anger turns against God (v. 13). Eliphaz intimates that God is full of wrath and vengeance.

Chapter 16: Job says that God seized him by the neck and dashed him to pieces (v. 12). He has also set Job up for target practice and has shown him no mercy (v. 13); although Job feels his prayers have been sincere (v. 17).

Chapter 17: Job’s spirit is broken within him (v. 1). He says his frame is shrunken into a mere shadow (v. 7). He feels that there is no hope. He calls corruption his ‘father’ and the maggots his ‘mother’ (v. 14).

Chapter 18: Bildad speaks of the awful wrath and vengeance of God.

Chapter 19: Job said that God has dealt unfairly with him (v. 6). He is in the throes of despair and self-pity (v. 13-19). He says that the hand of God has struck him (v. 21).

Chapter 20: Zophar speaks of the portion of the wicked man.

Chapter 21: Job speaks of the prosperity of the wicked, and he is horrified (v. 36). He speaks of the ease of one and the bitterness of another (v. 23-26).

Chapter 22: Eliphaz speaks and says that Job must not have been righteous before God; and that this is his just punishment (v. 6-11).

Chapter 23: Job says that his complaint is bitter (v. 2). He is setting up arguments for his rights against God (v. 3-7).

Chapter 24: Job discusses actions of the wicked.

Chapter 25: Bildad intimates that man can never measure up to God; for he is a worm.

Chapter 26: Job talks of the extreme power of the Almighty in the universe.

Chapter 27: Job speaks ofhis own justice (v. 5, 6); not the justice of God (v. 812).

Chapter 28: Job speaks of the abounding wisdom of God.

Chapter 29: Job reflects back on better days (v. 1-6) and pats himself on the back, for all of his righteous deeds (v. 7-20).

Chapter 30: Job speaks of self-pity (v. 1-11); how God has seized him by his collar and cast him into the mud; leveled him with dust and ashes (v. 18, 19). He says God is driving him about (v. 22). Job still maintains his own righteousness (v. 25, 26). He is depressed (v. 28), mourning and weeping (v. 31).

Chapter 31: Job verifies his own righteousness (v. 6-34) and God’s unrighteousness (v. 35-37).

Chapter 32: Job’s friends ceased to speak; because Job was righteous in his own eyes (v. 1). Elihu spoke out of the heat of his spirit (v. 18-20).

Chapter 33: Elihu reminded Job of what he had said against God (v. 8-12). He tells Job he is wrong in doing this; that God is just and speaks unto His people to warn, comfort and restore them (v. 12-24). He is angry at Job for considering himself to be righteous, instead of God (v. 3). Elihu teaches Job wisdom about the character of God (v. 26-33).

Chapter 34: Elihu says that Job has said he is innocent and has accused God of taking away what was due unto him (v. 5,6). Elihu tells Job ofhis wrong attitude: that it profits a man nothing when he is pleasing to God (v. 7-9). Elihu goes on to tell again of the great character of God (v. 10-15). He warns Job of the dangers in him impious actions, to wit: ‘Let Job be tried to the limit; since his answers are those of the impious; for he is adding rebellion to his sin by brushing off our arguments and addressing many words to God’ (v. 36, 37).

Chapter 35: Elihu asked Job if he thought it was right to say that he was just; rather than to say that God was just (v.1). That Job was wrong to have the attitude that he would get the same treatment, whether he sinned or not (v. 3). Elihu had words for Job, and for his three companions as well (v. 4); that their wickedness and their justice only affected themselves (v. 8). Elihu says it is idle to say that God does not hear; and that God does not take notice of man (v. 13); but that they should wait before God with trembling (v. 14). That because they have done otherwise to this; God’s anger has punished (v. 15). That Job, without knowledge and to no purpose, opens his mouth and multiplies words against God (v. 16). Job ‘puts his foot in his own mouth’.

Chapter 36: Elihu also says he is speaking in God’s behalf (v. 1-4). He talks again of the great character of God; of God’s blessings in obedience and God’s curses in disobedience (v. 10-12). He tells Job that he is complaining and has preferred carousal to affliction (v. 21). He talks of the balance of God.

Chapter 37: Elihu talks of the great and beautiful wonder of God; and of the blindness of their hearts (v. 21).

Chapter 38: God Himself appears on the scene. God addresses Job about his accusations against the Almighty. He reproves Job for his own haughty spirit (v. 19). God asks ofhim the questions of the universe; all to no avail. He shows Job the lack of wisdom that Job thinks of himself as having (v. 33).

Chapter 39: God continues on with His account ofDivine wisdom and guidance in the things of the earth; and the lack of it on Job’s part.

Chapter 40: The Lord asks Job (v. 2) ‘Will we have arguing with the Almighty by the critic? Let him who would correct God give answer’. Then, Job answered the

Lord and said (v. 4, 5) ‘Behold, I am oflittle account. What can I answer You? I put my hand over my mouth. Though I have spoken once, I will not do so again. Though twice, I will do so no more’. Job was sorrowful for his deeds; because God had heard him. God spoke again that Job had refused to acknowledge His right and had condemned Him; that Job might justify his own self. He told Job to go ahead and try his own power; that if he could do as great things as God, then God would acknowledge that he could save himself (v. 9-14). God again compares His wisdom to Job’s ‘wisdom’.

Chapter 41: God uses an example to demonstrate His power over Job’s (v. 34). ‘All, however lofty, fear Him. He is King over all proud beasts’.

Chapter 42: After this, Job says ‘I had heard of you by word of mouth; but now my eye has seen You’. (v. 5) ‘Therefore, I disown what I have said; and I repent in dust and ashes’ (v. 6). This was the true repentance that God was looking for in Job.

After Job had repented, God went to Eliphaz. God told Eliphaz that He was angry with Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar! He was angry with them; for they had not repented of their attitude towards God and their fellowman; as Job had just done! (v. 7). God then had Job, who had got himself right with God, to pray for his fellowmen. God said he would accept Job’s prayer and not punish them severely (v. 8). God said these had not spoken rightly concerning Him, as Job had done. God said Job realized that his own wisdom and righteousness were wrong; that God’s wisdom and righteousness were right. When Job saw God for who He was; he was humbled before Him and truly repentant for his deeds and words. These three men were not! God specifically shows which men He was angered with (v. 9); but He accepted the intercession of Job. Then, God restored the prosperity ofJob; after he had prayed for his friends!