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Job 29:3
3 When his candle [niyr] shined [halal] upon my head [ro'sh], and when by his light ['owr] I walked [yalak] through darkness [choshek]; KJV-Interlinear
3 When His lamp shone over my head, And by His light I walked through darkness; NASB
This is the application for guidance and blessing from God, into Jobs life. All blessing comes from God and from no other source. All guidance, legitimate guidance, comes from God and from no other source.
When God blesses, it is said that He lights the candles in ones life. When God guides, it is said that God lights the paths of ones travels through life.
It is notable that the first thing that Job recalls and wishes for, is Gods active participation in his life. Not that God has left him while he is suffering, but that living a life of prosperity is much more preferable. And, God is the source of all prosperity.
In order to have anything legitimate and meaningful in your life, God must come first. Otherwise, whatever you have, or think you have, will never be yours.
Psa. 18:28
28 For Thou dost light my lamp; The Lord my God illumines my darkness. NASB
Bible doctrine is the source of all understanding. You have to learn it before you can use it.
Understanding is the function of living a life in accordance with Gods will. You have to apply what you know, in doctrine, to your daily life, before you can be productive in your spiritual life. The combination of the two brings blessing in many forms.
In either case, seeing life as it really is, and receiving legitimate blessings in life, both come from the source of God through doctrine.
It is not uncommon for people who seemingly have blessings throughout their life, to presume that they have the good life as a result of their own efforts, or because they presume that they deserve them.
But Job was never fooled by this false perception. He had been wealthy beyond imagination, and well thought of by young and old alike, but he never let this popularity or prosperity go to his head. Job kept his priorities straight, understanding that it was through doctrine and his spiritual life that he had all that he had, and for no other reason.
