When You Ask, “What Benefit Is There to God?”
- より子 逆瀬川
- May 20
- 1 min read
Job Chapter 35
Elihu speaks to Job.
“If you are righteous,
what do you give to God?”
“If you sin,
what harm do you do to Him?”
Elihu speaks of the perfection of God.
God is not enriched
by human goodness.
God is not diminished
by human sin.
God is not a being
whose worth rises or falls
because of human actions.
At times, people wonder:
What is the meaning of my righteousness?
Why pray if nothing seems to change?
Does my response mean anything to God?
But the real question here is not:
Whether there is any benefit to God.
The real question is:
Whether God is speaking.
God is complete.
Therefore,
His worth does not increase or decrease
because of human response.
And yet,
if God is speaking,
the calling of human beings
is to respond.
When you ask, “What benefit is there to God?” where are you?
Are you looking for results?
Are you measuring meaning?
Or are you responding
simply because
God has spoken?
God is not enriched
by human goodness.
God is not diminished
by human sin.
And yet,
God speaks.
And the calling of human beings
is to respond
to the voice of God.
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