June 1
Job 9-12
Job
understands the majesty of God. He knows that he cannot stand and refute what
God has proclaimed. Job feels like he is being unjustly punished and that he
has done nothing to deserve what he is receiving. He cries out to God; "Does it please you to oppress me, to
spurn the work of your hands, while you smile on the schemes of the wicked?"
(Job 10:3, NIV) In verse 12, he goes on to speak of those who worship false
gods and how they go on secure while Job, who tried to follow God with his
whole heart has lost everything in a matter of hours.
One of the
greatest questions of humanity is why do bad things happen to good people and
good things happen to bad people? Why do some of the most godless people seem
to prosper in wealth, health, and relationships, while some who serve God with
all their heart seem to fight an uphill battle their whole lives? It does not
seem fair and Job is not afraid to cry out to God with his inquiry.
Notice
verses 29-34 of chapter 9. "Since I
am already found guilty, why should I struggle in vain? Even if I washed myself
with soap and my hands with washing soda, you would plunge me into a slime pit
so that even my clothes would detest me. “He is not a man like me that I might
answer him, that we might confront each other in court. If only there were
someone to arbitrate between us, to lay his hand upon us both, someone to
remove God’s rod from me, so that his terror would frighten me no more."
(Job 9:29-34, NIV)
Job knows he
is guilty before God and has no hope. He realizes he needs someone to arbitrate
between him and God. He needed someone who could speak to God and speak to Job.
He needed someone who could understand him as a man and God as God. He needed
someone to remove the judgment that was upon him in the presence of God. His
arbitrator arrived many years later. Jesus Christ came and interceded for us.
He took on our judgment and removed it from us. He came as the only one, the
perfect human, perfectly God and removed our sin. He now stands at the right
hand of the Father as our arbitrator.
There are
times when it seems like those who reject God make out better than those who
follow Him. But there will come a day when we stand before the judgment seat of
Christ and we will give account for every word and action of our lives. We will
all be found guilty and face eternal punishment unless we have received Jesus,
our arbitrator as our Lord and Savior and He stands before the Father in our
defense.
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