In Jobs sixth response, he addresses Bildad and his other accusers, but his focus is fixed on The One Who is sovereign over all circumstances. I marvel repeatedly at Jobs steadfast hope in God and acknowledgment that even in miserable circumstances, God is aware of his situation. I wonder what it might have meant to Job to have the whole counsel of Gods Word. To have in writing as we do, the Great Promises of God. Words like, “...No temptation or trial has come to you that is beyond human resistance and that is not adjusted and adapted and belonging to human experience, and such as man can bear. But God is faithful to His Word and to His Compassionate Nature, and He can be trusted not to let you be tempted and tried...beyond your ability and strength of resistance and power to endure, but with the temptation He will always also provide the...means of escape to a landing place, that you may be capable and strong and powerful to bear up under it patiently.” (I Corinthians 10:13, Amplified) Job was in desperate circumstances and enumerates some of them in this speech. The comforts on which he had perhaps carelessly relied were gone, and all to which he could attribute such calamity was Gods favor lost. Sorrow and discouragement diminish our vision. In spite of what Gods Holy Perfectly True Word says, we feel that we have reached the end of our rope when a trial or difficulty goes on and on. Even in his confusion and sorrow, Job seems to have mastered something that has “right sized” my thinking often, I am not certain who wrote it, but recognize its truth, “We tend to gaze at circumstances and glance at God.” This speech concludes with Jobs wish that his words might be recorded, and thanks be to God, they were! And then, astonishingly, he declared, “I know that my Redeemer lives and He will stand upon te earth at last. And after my body has decayed, yet in my body I will see God! I will see Him for myself.” O beloved of The Father, whatever you are facing right now, hold fast to the confession of your faith. Feel confident if you need to borrow some of Jobs beautiful words given to encourage us and help us understand a bit more of the ways of our Great and Merciful God. “I will see Him for myself. Yes, I will see Him with my own eyes. I am overwhelmed at the thought!” Your Redeemer LIVES! What you see right now is not the end of your story. One day, soon, you will see Him for yourself! Let that thought flood your heart and mind with hope! On this Lords Day, pray for the peace of Israel and for those being martyred around the world because they would rather die than deny Jesus! “Then Job spoke again: How long will you torture me? How long will you try to crush me with your words? You have already insulted me ten times. You should be ashamed of treating me so badly. Even if I have sinned, that is my concern, not yours. You think you’re better than I am, using my humiliation as evidence of my sin. But it is God who has wronged me, capturing me in His net. I cry out, ‘Help!’ but no one answers me. I protest, but there is no justice. God has blocked my way so I cannot move. He has plunged my path into darkness. He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head. He has demolished me on every side, and I am finished. He has uprooted my hope like a fallen tree. His fury burns against me; He counts me as an enemy. His troops advance. They build up roads to attack me. They camp all around my tent. My relatives stay far away, and my friends have turned against me. My family is gone, and my close friends have forgotten me. My servants and maids consider me a stranger. I am like a foreigner to them. When I call my servant, he doesn’t come; I have to plead with him! My breath is repulsive to my wife. I am rejected by my own family. Even young children despise me. When I stand to speak, they turn their backs on me. My close friends detest me. Those I loved have turned against me. I have been reduced to skin and bones and have escaped death by the skin of my teeth. Have mercy on me, my friends, have mercy, for The Hand of God has struck me. Must you also persecute me, like God does? Haven’t you chewed me up enough? “Oh, that my words could be recorded. Oh, that they could be inscribed on a monument, carved with an iron chisel and filled with lead, engraved forever in the rock. But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives and He will stand upon the earth at last. And after my body has decayed, yet in my body I will see God! I will see Him for myself. Yes, I will see Him with my own eyes. I am overwhelmed at the thought! How dare you go on persecuting me, saying, ‘It’s his own fault’? You should fear punishment yourselves, for your attitude deserves punishment. Then you will know that there is indeed a judgment.” (Job 19)
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