In our text, the bible says that Job was perfect. David was a man after God’s own heart, but it says that Job was perfect. God is a god of rules and laws. He does not tend to the laws of gravity or the patterns of the weather. He set it in motion and it just is. There are spiritual laws too. The wages of sin is death. There is grace and mercy. God’s law is that if we tithe, we will be blessed. If we offer praise He will inhabit our praise. It is not by anything that we have done, but by the laws and rules being put into place. Being blessed, or feeling the touch of God when we worship is not His approval, but an operation of the laws He has put into place. We want to be in his presence and receive his blessings, but there is more to it than that. We can live biblically and still be lost. The bible says that Job was perfect. That means that he did more than just exercise the laws that God has put in place. Job did not just live perfect one day, it was his life. Job went above and beyond. We do not seen an indication that Job had a personal relationship with God. He didn’t enjoy conversation with Him in the cool of the evening. Job did not discuss the building of an arc with God. But, yet Job’s life was called perfect. Through his trial, Job learned to have a relationship with God. God will honor His laws. We can live so well that even your pastor will be proud of you. But God desires a relationship with us. Through his trial, Job never cursed God even though his wife encouraged him to. In verse 42 Job says that he had lived his life by what he had heard about God, but now he said that he sees it. He had come face to face to God through his trial. Job came to know that while he was faithfully keeping the rules and laws that God had proscribed, he lacked the relationship that he needed. When we get to the place where we understand God’s laws are important, but there is more, we put ourselves to be in a close relationship to God.