The message from Elihu is full of understanding. This friend of Job probably understood better than his other friends how Job was feeling: “Now you cannot see the light that shines in the firmament of heaven.” If one is really downcast and suffering in his heart, the sun can shine all day long, but the light does not penetrate the darkness of his soul. It does not warm him and does not comfort him in his sorrow.

Such understanding can help. Job understood: there is one among my friends who is not too quick to judge me, who does not simply offer advice. He is one who does not just come up with solutions without first understanding my situation.

How sensitively Elihu expresses himself: someone who is in a condition like Job’s may not see the light, even though the light is there. It is there! A cloud could cover the sunshine. You could also withdraw from this warming and healing light because you would prefer to withdraw, but that would not take the sun out of the sky, nor would it stop it from shining.

And “the wind has passed and cleared them.” The very wind that turns the water into waves, makes the atmosphere restless, and makes you shiver with coolness—this wind will in the end drive away the clouds and let you see the light again.

Count on God, knowing that He will not leave you in darkness. The wind of circumstances is in His hand to bring you back into the light. And when Jesus returns for us, all darkness and cold will be gone forever. In His light we will see the light (Ps. 36:9). A morning without clouds will dawn for all of God’s children forever!