Job 3:21

"Who long for death, but there is none, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures": His suffering is so intense that at this point death seems like. hidden treasure, an exquisite pleasure! "Neither the quiet waiting nor the anxious effort to die does any good. Death does not come, and like buried treasure it is not found" (Zuck p. 26). "The term 'who long for death' expresses Job's eagerness for death. Buried treasure creates its own fever to dominate all searchers. Even the rumor of treasure creates almost uncontrolled excitement. This is the kind of frenzied search for death which is enslaving Job" (Zuck p. 32). Please note that earnestly longing for something does not make it right and neither does it prove that such is the will of God. Job longed for death, yet death for Job was not God's will at this time. Let us make sure that we don't confuse our own desires with what God wants done. This is the common complaint, "Why can't men die when they are ready?" From this book we will learn the foolishness of asking such. question, for if given the choice man would often choose the wrong time to die. Job thinks he is ready to die right now, but he isn't.