Job 31:35. NIV
"Oh, that I had someone to hear me! I sign now my defense—let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser put his indictment in writing.
Our enemy, the accuser, tries to convince us that our Father is the bad guy, that He is the accuser. The accuser wants us to blame our Father for our adverse conditions, and the accuser wants us to think that our Father is indifferent to our pain and cries for help.
Job's first three "friends" thought Job was guilty, and Elihu argues that since God controls the weather and we can't, God would not listen to humans. In one sense, we have no leverage against God to make Him listen to us and answer us, but we learn from David that our Father is compassionate towards us:
Psalms 8:3-4 NIV
When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?
Our Father created us to abide with us and love us; we are objects of his affection. So we should show compassion, mercy, and grace to all humans, especially those who are experiencing adversity.
Father, you are kind, loving, merciful, and full of grace toward us. Father, you sent Jesus because you love the whole world. You cause it to rain on the just, as well as the unjust. Jesus, you showed the Father's affection through beholding and healing people who were hurt. Holy Spirit, please help me defend the Father's reputation against the accusations of the enemy. I love you.
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