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MEN IN DARKNESS
TUESDAY, MAY 24
Job 24:13-17

Proverbs 14:9-12

 

“…among the righteous

there is favour.”

 

MEN IN DARKNESS
 
Job gave a description of those wicked men who rebelled against God, despoiling the poor and helpless. They grew rich and powerful, seeming to have no care on this earth or concern about their coming judgment. Often in the Scriptures, God and His truth are portrayed as light. Wicked men despise the light and rebel against it, refusing to follow God’s way (Job 24:13; John 1:5; Ps 119:105, 130). Having refused the right way, they go in a way that seems right to them but which only ends in spiritual death. They find satisfaction in the many who are following them in rebellion against God (Prov 14:12; Matt 7:13-14).
 
We now have a description of some of the sins that are characteristic of those who rebel against God. They are murderers and take advantage of the poor and weak. They are constantly involved in adultery and those sins which are done in secret. They are thieves marking out things that belong to others in order to take them for themselves (Job 24:14-16). When men rebel against God, they have nowhere to go but out into the darkness. Job said that the light was like death to them. They were frightened that their evil deeds would therefore be shown. The Scriptures tell us that men love darkness rather than light because their deeds are evil (Job 24:17; John 3:19).
 
As God’s people, we are warned against having fellowship with those who walk in darkness because they are in rebellion against God. Since we, who know the Lord, have come to understand His righteousness, we must live properly, in God’s way. Then we, as Christians, can show forth the light of God to others so that they may come to know Him (2 Cor 5:14-15; Matt 5:16).
 
THOUGHT: Why do evil men hate the light?

PRAYER: Help me, Father, to reflect Thy light to a wicked world.

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