Genesis 49:25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:

Faced with a daunting task I cried out to the Lord “Help!” As I always do in these cases I search the Word for help, especially when I need help. Searching for help, this is what I found.

The Almighty has blessed me with those things which are obvious and also with things less apparent. It is obvious to me that the blessings in the heavenly realm are accessible but the blessings that have already been issued, that lay hidden, are at work already. Do I know what those blessings are if they are beneath, hidden from my observation? Maybe I have an expectation based on His promises since some of those have already appeared with the realm of my understanding. Perhaps they are already at work in me and I just have not yet discovered the benefits of those blessings.

Discovery of the hidden things has happened for me by seeking, understanding and believing God for what He has promised. I did not know them by vanity. I did not “name it and claim it” as I have witnessed error in others. Rather than that I did a close examination of condition, changes, and results. Those things nearly always manifested themselves in two ways. How I acted upon others and how others reacted towards me.

Never reject the idea that the Lord just might use those in fellowship with you to release the very blessings you seek. Yes, we seek God but we are all servants to this God we worship. You can be and are a blessing to me.

Job 4:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

Eliphaz was the great grandson of Abraham. That alone might lend some legitimacy to his words. He was the grandson of Isaac, this might increase his value in that he was not of the line of Ishmael. He was the son of Esau, OK so Jacob was his uncle. Uncles have influence in children’s lives. Maybe his words have some weight to them.

Did you know this of Eliphaz? No? Then you might not know that he came from a region named after his son Teman. We all want our children to do better than we do, so his son’s fame might indicate he was a good father who raised a good son, his reputation might be well earned. Perhaps his words are worthy of hearing.

V17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

There is wisdom, is it not? I can agree with this. Adding a little wisdom to his speech does give some weight unto his words.

V18 Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:

Wow it didn’t take this Eliphaz long to go wrong. From all I know about scriptures about my God, this is error most foul. Now what am I to think of this character Eliphaz? If I were to tell you the meaning of his name up front, would you still have given anything he said any weight at all? Eliphaz means my god is fine gold.

We name our children without much thought as to what that name means. Some might, most do not. Here in the bible names have meaning. We do not look them up very often. We give more weight to a man’s words and actions but those too can belie the true intensions of a man’s heart.

The words of Eliphaz are poison to Job’s soul because Eliphaz’s first love is not Jehovah.