In Job, chapter thirty-four, verse thirty-seven, Elihu believed that Job’s questioning of and complaints against God, as in chapter nineteen, verse six, and twenty-seven, verse two, demonstrated outright rebellion against God. Though it may be true that Job seriously erred in his complaints against God, his heart held steadfastly to Him as his Lord, as in chapters nineteen, verses twenty-five through twenty-seven, twenty-three, verses eight to twelve, and twenty-seven, verses one through six, accordingly. In his zeal to vindicate God, Elihu failed to understand the need for Job to express his innermost feelings to God, as in Psalms forty-two, verse nine, and chapter forty-three, verse two, respectively.
The public eye will criticize a believer when something goes wrong in their lives to the extreme because they are so used to seeing them endeavoring to live righteously before God. An unbeliever knows if someone is a Christian, especially within their countenance, behavior, and overall lifestyle. However, believers will go through trials, and there is no exemption from it. Still, what the trials will be only God knows, and the enemy will be around too ready to question and accuse the Almighty One about Job during the experience.
Some of the problems Believers may face will not be that bad, but the public will dramatically make it a bigger deal than if it were an unbeliever. Those who do not serve God will overreact and create more hostility for a child of God when they know of a negative situation they are dealing with. Similar to Elihu examining Job. The circumstances with Job are horrible, and realistically, many do not experience a small fraction of what the servant of God is going through. Therefore, for a man of God who consistently walks uprightly and righteously lives before God, then suddenly has a series of tragic incidents one after the other, anyone would react unjustly. Therefore, could we blame Job for his expressions when he replies to his friends or God frustratingly?