Daily Devotions
I Know That My Redeemer Lives
Reading for May 31st: Job 17-20
"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,
whom I shall see for myself,
and my eyes shall behold, and not another."
Job 19:25-27
Job tells us in this chapter all those who had forsaken him:
- His brothers (13)
- His relatives (14)
- His guests and maidservants (15)
- His servant (16)
- His wife (17)
- The children of his own mother (17)
- Young children (18)
- All his intimate friends (19)
What made the suffering of Job even worse is that he had to do it alone. Usually, when someone experiences great loss like Job did (perhaps losing a child) they are flooded with support and encouragement from family and friends.
Job didn't have that.
What he did have was his Redeemer! It's hard to say exactly what Job meant by this, but whatever it was, he believed that in the end (and perhaps because of his Redeemer?) he would see God.
That's the consolation Job had before the cross. How much more do you and I have?
Father, thank you for giving us the assurance that our Redeemer lives and that after our suffering in this life we will see your face!
