But I Know My Living Redeemer
Request: Lord, open my eyes as I read your word, my ears to hear, my mind to understand, and my heart to be filled with your love. Amen.
Read Job 19
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Respond with a prayer to God
Job lost everything but his life, which became so painful and hopeless that he wished he had never been born (Job 10:18). Those he had left in his life were of no comfort or help to him whatsoever. His wife told him to curse God and die (2:9). His friends came to see him, but would have been better off staying home. Job called them miserable comforters (16:9) and their words were crushing to him (19:2-3). Job hoped that they would just be silent, for that would make them wise in his eyes (13:5). Having lived his life upright and blameless, with a reverent fear of God (Job 1:8), the most hopeless part of his suffering had to be that there was no response from God, and no justice for him (19:9). He was stuck and there seemed no way out.
Yet, in the midst of all this trauma, Job made a few statements of certainty, which were glimmers of hope in his desperate circumstance. He believed that his sins were forgiven (14:16-17), and he had a friend in heaven advocating and interceding for him (16:19-21). He believed that the one who would redeem him was alive and would come to earth, and he would see God face to face (19:25-27).
His redeemer did come. He came as a helpless baby, born of a virgin, in order that sin would not be passed down from an earthly father. He came to live a perfect life to be the perfect sacrifice for all humanity. His name is Jesus, and He is our redeemer also.
This faith is Job’s salvation, and the faith God wants us to see in the book of Job. This is the first time I have ever seen the Gospel so clearly in the book of Job.
My verse: Job 19:23-24, “Oh that my words were written! Oh, that they were inscribed in a book! Oh, that with an iron pen and lead they were engraved in the rock forever!
Job – your request was granted! Your words have been written down, available to us to read and study. They are written down for eternity! They give us a glimpse of the “behind the scenes” reason for suffering, thereby giving us hope in the midst of the trials and tribulations in this world we live in.
My Response: Thank you, Lord, for the miraculous way you have preserved your word for us to read, study and learn to know you and your ways. Thank you, that we can hold it in our hand in a book, and even pull it up electronically in a moment, with the wonder of the technology we have access to these days. Oh, may I not neglect peering into it daily.
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“For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God,” vs 25-26
What faith and hope Job had for the future amidst such heartache and trials! Thank you Jesus for being my Redeemer. You have stood upon the earth and will stand here again and I will see Your face! The hope for that day kept Job going thousands of years ago and it keeps us going today.
AMEN. That same hope is in us, today. So amazing. I loved reading this passage this morning and finding hope in the midst of tragedy.
My verse: Job 19:26 “And after my body has decayed, yet in my body I will see God!”
My response: Oh the faith and sure HOPE of Job. He’s honest about his current misery. But he does not waver. He’ll live past death because His Redeemer lives and Job will see Him. Lord Jesus, come! This world is so troubled. I long, with all creation, for the day You return and make all things right. Thank You for Job’s shining example of hope in the midst of terrible pain and tragedy.
PS – the commentary enlightened ME about how much the gospel is woven into Job. Thank you.
Job 19:26 ESV: And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God,
There is hope that no matter what we see on this earth, we will see God face to face one day.
There is always HOPE. Amen!