Bleed Between The Lines

I’ve heard many-a sermon on Job and his suffering and most of the time it’s a message on suffering which is sad if you think about it. Jobs suffering was used by God to silence the devil and bring God closer to himself. We use the book of Job to plan for and or get through suffering. It’s almost silly because if that’s not how God used the events then why do we use them that way?

God gave me a very special message out of Job that I want to share with you. Job was at a very focused state in his suffering because he had lost everything and his misery was all he had left. He was begging for comfort and yet his acquaintances gave him only grief and accusations. As Job was replying to Bildad, his second accuser; he spoke a few very wise words that should humble us all.
32 “He is not a man like me that I might answer him, (referring to God)
that we might confront each other in court.

33 If only there were someone to arbitrate between us,
to lay his hand upon us both,

34 someone to remove God’s rod from me,
so that his terror would frighten me no more.

35 Then I would speak up without fear of him,
but as it now stands with me, I cannot.

Job in his weak state cried out for a savior, a Christ figure that would stand for him before God. We we’re given this in Jesus and still many times we look to God with a desire to be validated of our own accord. How many times to we work for a wage not given or grind through an investment that doesn’t yield a revenue. People can be found looking to God crying, “It’s not fair!” but who are we to even bring our case to God, who knows our deepest and foulest sins. The lies that we keep secret, God brings to the light. You can’t hide anything from God any better than you could outrun him. Little man is so determined to prove his worth and yet none of us are grand enough to see past our own blink. We need to really spend every day meditating one how blessed we are to have someone who is willing and able to take our case before a sovereign God.