When it comes to difficult times, we want them over with, now.  We like to try and squirm out from under them.  However, that often is an attempt to short circuit what God is up to, and an evidence of hope in our own ability to learn our lesson and put the trial behind us.  That is what Zophar says to Job, if you would just . . . then this would all be over.

God wants us to hope in Him and Him alone.  Sometimes our hope runs thin when we’re really struggling, but we can “borrow” someone elses if necessary (thanks Bebo).  James laud’s Job’s endurance in his New Testament letter, and that very literally means Job “remained under” (hupo-meno) the trial until God’s plan and purpose was complete.  Let’s help each other remain under our current trials with hope until God comes through for us.