Okay, so once again I've been absent from the blogging world for a while, but I'm about to drop 3 back-to-back-to-backers, so enjoy the reading and feel free to comment away. I wrote this first a couple of months ago and just never got it up. Enjoy!!
I’ve been working my way through the Book of Job recently and I came across a few verses that struck me. Chapter 9:25-35:
25 "My days go by faster than a runner; they fly away without my seeing any joy.
26 They glide past like paper boats. They attack like eagles swooping down to feed.
27 Even though I say, 'I will forget my complaint; I will change the look on my face and smile,'
28 I still dread all my suffering. I know you will hold me guilty.
29 I have already been found guilty, so why should I struggle for no reason?
30 I might wash myself with soap and scrub my hands with strong soap,
31 but you would push me into a dirty pit, and even my clothes would hate me.
26 They glide past like paper boats. They attack like eagles swooping down to feed.
27 Even though I say, 'I will forget my complaint; I will change the look on my face and smile,'
28 I still dread all my suffering. I know you will hold me guilty.
29 I have already been found guilty, so why should I struggle for no reason?
30 I might wash myself with soap and scrub my hands with strong soap,
31 but you would push me into a dirty pit, and even my clothes would hate me.
32 "God is not human like me, so I cannot answer him. We cannot meet each other in court.
33 I wish there were someone to make peace between us, someone to decide our case.
34 Maybe he could remove God's punishment so his terror would no longer frighten me.
35 Then I could speak without being afraid, but I am not able to do that.
33 I wish there were someone to make peace between us, someone to decide our case.
34 Maybe he could remove God's punishment so his terror would no longer frighten me.
35 Then I could speak without being afraid, but I am not able to do that.
As I read through this I was absolutely floored at Job’s frustration and understanding of his condition as human. He knew that no matter how upright and righteous he was (see Job 1:1), his state as a human was still flawed in comparison to that of the Holy and Powerful God. And Job has no idea of the day down the road that Christ will die on a cross then rise from the grave and take away the sins of the world and bridge the gap from man to God so that there can be a relationship there. Even though he had zero knowledge of that glorious day of victory to come; he knew that without having someone to serve as the bridge between man and God there is no way to reconcile our guilt. There is no way to save us from the wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked beings that we are (Revelation 3:17), without Christ.
We are so blessed to have this knowledge and have it at our fingertips in the Holy Bible. Job had to come to this knowledge through life experience and he came to it through horrible tragedy. We have simply been given this knowledge. All we have to do is respond to the loving gift of Grace offered by God who desperately desires to see all enter into his grace.
Despite the knowledge of his flawed human condition, Job knew he had been called to be committed to following God no matter what it meant for his life instead of being someone who sits in the bleachers on the sidelines thinking they are fine because they said a prayer once or got baptized or were confirmed.
I am “Not a Fan”. “I am a follower” and I will get in the game and be a valuable member of the Body of Christ.
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