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JOB’S INTEGRITY
LORD’S DAY, MAY 29
Job 27:1-10

Psalm 37:1-10

 

“Fret not thyself

because of evildoers…”

 

JOB’S INTEGRITY
 
Job’s friends had insisted that no man could be righteous before God. Therefore, Job ought to take these warnings into consideration and admit that he was sinful. While Job recognised the universal sinfulness of man, it was not an explanation for his own suffering. He recognised that because of God’s grace, a man can be righteous before Him. Job continued to insist that he was not hiding any unconfessed sin. Hence, despite all his suffering, he refused to allow his confidence to be shaken.
 
Job reaffirmed his relationship with God. Just as sure as God lived and as sure as he had been dealt with harshly, he was innocent. He could not change his position because he had not lied. From the very beginning, we have seen Job’s insistence that his relationship with God was good. Because of that relationship, he was confident that his suffering was not brought about by sin. In his closing answer, he again proclaimed this truth (Job 27:1-7).
 
Job looked beyond this life to see the eternal destiny of the hypocrite who acts as a believer but lives without faith in God and lives in sin. The time will come when God will require his soul (Luke 12:20). There will no longer be an opportunity to trust in the One that has been rejected during life on earth (Matt 7:21-23). Although Job’s life had been difficult, he drew strength from the assurance of a right relationship with God. This is something that the ungodly do not have whether they are rich or poor. The wicked cannot truly delight in the Lord or His law. Job had been able to do this and even in his affliction found comfort in remembering his past relationship with God.
 
When we, who are God’s people, find our true pleasure in doing His will and obeying His commands, we then have great comfort (Ps 43:3-5).
 
THOUGHT: In what did Job find comfort?

PRAYER: Father, may I always put my hope in Thee.

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