Charles Spurgeon Commentary Job 23:3-4

"Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat! I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments." — Job 23:3-4 (ASV)

Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

Good men are washed towards God even by the rough waves of their grief; and when their sorrows are deepest, their highest desire is not to escape from them, but to get at their God. Oh that I knew where I might find him! Job wanted to spread out his whole case before the Lord, to argue it with him, to present his petitions to the Most High, and to find out from God why he was contending with him.

It is all right with you, brother, if your face is towards your God in rough weather. It is all wrong with you, brother, if the weather is very calm, and your face is turned away from your God.