Good morning, everyone!
Today I read Job 17-20.
And I won't get into too much detail today. Job is a really good book to read, but it does repeat during this part.
Job proclaims his innocence and cries out to God, and his friends rebuke him. Over and over. His friends don't believe him at all.
I do want to share a few verses with you today, though.
Bildad, Job's friend, is rebuking him again. What he says is true, so I want to share it. It just isn't true of Job.
Job 18:5-8 - "Indeed, the light of the wicked goes out, and the flame of his fire gives no light. The light in his tent is darkened, and his lamp goes out above him. His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own scheme brings him down. For he is thrown into the net by his own feet, and he steps on the webbing."
The wicked are ensnared by their own evil plans. Even when we can't see this happening, it is always true. Even when they seem to prosper in man's eyes, they will always fall if they do not repent.
Later, Job cries out to God again, and says something I found very interesting.
Job 19:25 - "As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last He will take His stand on the earth. Even after my skin is destroyed, yet from my flesh I shall see God; whom I myself shall behold, and whom my eyes will see and not another. My heart faints within me!"
Job knows that he is innocent, and that he will indeed see God when the time comes. Job knows that he has a Redeemer in Heaven who will at the last, make everything right.
Jesus is our Redeemer. In the Old Testament, even, we find writings about Him.
I'm so glad that my Redeemer lives, and that He intercedes for us in Heaven.
Job's faith inspires me. Even though he has it rougher than I do, he never loses faith. Even when he questions God, he still knows that God is in charge, and that He knows what He is doing.
It's amazing.
I hope you'll join me tomorrow when I read Job 21-23.
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