Job 29-31 What status is required for us to listen?

June 9th, Job 29-31

       Job 29 is a view of a life rooted and established in God. It's Job's life pre-trouble. There are a lot of ways people interact with those who are righteous to the core. Here's the list...
       Respect of the young, honor from those who are old, people in power lean in to listen and don't speak, ears that listened. The norms were delivery of the poor, fatherless and those with no one to help them. Righteousness and justice were a robe and turban, being eyes for the blind, feet for the lame and father for the needy. Breaking the fangs of the unrighteous, making predators drop their prey. The days have been multiplied, roots spread, and dew on the branches
       Men listened and kept silent, waited for words like rain and opened their mouths to let it drop in. Smiles were given to those with no confidence, like a king among his troops, like one who comforts mourners.
       The comes chapter 30. People laugh, walk away, have something judgmental to say, the butt of jokes, the moral of the story, the one far off, not invited in.
       People we perceive to have something to offer are used for our gain, people with nothing to offer are pushed away. As much as Job is living in the loss of family, people let it become even more. Does Job only have something to say in his prosperity? Do we ever have a speaker at our Pastor gatherings who leads a small church? The same issues exist to this day. We treat some as if they have something to say and others as if they do not. I've heard plenty of homeless people proclaim a greater clarity of theology but they have no standing, no audience. I see people with an audience who don't have much to say.
        Let us learn how to hear wisdom from a number of different sources. There are more Job's to listen to than we might think.