A Father Never Stops Caring

Job 15:10 KJV

With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.

We know that Job was a concerned and involved father. His grown children mattered to him to the extent that he offered sacrifices for them daily. His interest in their spiritual well being compounded the pain of his loss at their death. 

Here we learn that Job's own father, though aged, was still alive. Supposing that the time of Job's life was the same as that of Abraham's, it is reasonable to think of Job's father as living upwards of 120-150 years. If job had learned, as most people do, his parenting skills from his father, then it is also reasonable to assume his father was concerned for Job in his time of suffering and pain. The absence of his father from the narrative is no essential indication that his father was unaware but only that he was incapable of solving his son's tribulations. The Biblical example keeps families, especially in this era, tightly connected under the patriarchal influence of the

• Father
• Grandfather and in some cases
• Great grandfather

The spiritual father never stops praying for his children. He never ceases his concern and never quits his spiritual influence over his children. He may not have the capability to protect his children from mishaps and prevent them from trials. But he offers his prayers, care and spiritual wisdom as long as he has breath on earth.