Be Still . . .
Devotionals for Daily Living ©
If only there were someone to mediate between us,
someone to bring us together,
someone to remove God’s rod from me,
so that his terror would frighten me no more.
(Job 9:33-34 (NIV))
I love the way that God tells us what He is going to do before He does it!
The Book of Job's creation date is uncertain, but one thing is certain. The idea of a Savior is a timeless concept.
It doesn't take much of an imagination to come to the conclusion that this book can be seen as a story of humanity brought down to a personal experience. It has good versus evil. It has righteousness longing for redemption. It has adversaries saying that the righteous should give up and die. And, most importantly, it has the two passages as shown above!
It shows that the idea is not new. It shows that sinful, fallen humanity has always had hope for someone to intervene, to mediate for us.
It also shows that faithfulness, even in the face of adversity, is what we are to strive for.
Everyone knows what Job went through, but how many times do you hear of someone reminding you of what God did for Job due to his faithfulness?
The Lord blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the former part.
(Job 42:12a (NIV))
Job called out to the Lord. He longed for someone to act as a mediator. He longed for someone to bear the weight of any consequences of a sinful nature, even a sinful nature that was not intentional.
Today, we have that mediator.
His name is Jesus!
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Be Still . . .
Devotionals for Daily Living ©
If only there were someone to mediate between us, someone to bring us together, someone to remove God's rod from me, so that his terror would frighten me no more.
(Job 9:33-34 (NIV))
I think that I can safely say that a passage from Job was probably the last thing that anyone expected to be tied to Christmas, but all that you have to do is read the words recorded to see that Job prayed for Jesus to come!
With all that Job faced, he longed for someone to be able to do exactly what Jesus came into the world to do. Even without Jesus, Job never denied God. He never strayed from his faith no matter the circumstances and no matter what his wife or his friends suggested. Do we possess such faith? In a few days we will be celebrating the birth of the very one that Job prayed for. We can read about the birth of Jesus. We can read about His life, His ministry and the miracles that He performed. We can read about the crucifixion and the resurrection, but with all that we have, do we take it for granted? Do we look at Jesus as just another set of stories about someone who lived a long time ago, or do we embrace the promises fulfilled in and through Jesus?
With what we have faced this year, we think that we have been through a lot, but have we? Have we lost our health? Have we been ostracized by society? Have we lost all of our possessions? Have we lost our livelihood? Have we lost all of our children? All of this happened to Job in a single day, yet he never lost faith. He knew that God is good and he knew that God is worthy of our praise even in the midst of troubles.
Christmas is in just a few days. Can each of us proclaim that no matter what has come our way this year, God is still to be praised? Are we able to be filled with joy knowing that the mediator that Job prayed for has been sent? Are we filled with the joy of the Lord, or are we filled with the terror of the world? Unlike Job, we have been given testimony about the mediator.
We have been given a savior and His name is Jesus!
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