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“And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also, the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before” (Job 42:10).
“Pray for them which despitefully use you” (Matthew 5:44).
As Elihu had said to Job, God desired only his blessing, despite all the difficulties that He passed him through. At the end of the trial, Job had twice as much as he had before. Once Job had judged his pride and realized that any goodness in him was because of God’s grace, God gave him a marvelous blessing.
However, there was something that Job did first; he prayed for his friends. At first Job was angry with his friends for accusing him falsely, but then he got beyond that, and prayed for them. The Lord Jesus also taught the people to pray for those who used them despitefully. (The word “despitefully” means to treat someone badly). This is good for us to remember, for just as God desires our blessing, so we should want blessing for others, even those who annoy or hurt us.
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