Rescued from Destruction!

Job 25

Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Thursday, February 9.

Bildad had the final word of Job’s three friends, and during his short closing speech in Job 25:4a, he reiterated the main question of the book, “How then can a man be just with God?” As I emphasized in my devotion on Job 1, “The major question posed by Satan of Job, and of all humanity, was whether it was possible for a single person to truly be righteous, offering God a pure devotion that is not dependent on God’s blessings.” This is touched upon by Eliphaz in Job 4:17a, “Can mankind be just before God?” Job even conceded this point in Job 9:2, “In truth I know that this is so; but how can a man be in the right before God?”

Does this mean there is no hope for Job or for any of us? Even though no new material was offered in the final speech of Job’s three friends, and no forward progress was made in Job’s search for answers in why he was suffering, unbeknownst to them, the heavenly wager between God and Satan was still at hand (Job 2:3-6). While the question remained of whether it was possible for a person to be rescued from his “low estate,” the faithfulness of God was never in question (Psalm 136:23).

Jesus was always God’s Plan A – “Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Corinthians 15:57)! Jesus rescued us from our hopeless status before God – “He brought me out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, and He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm. He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; many will see and fear and will trust in the Lord” (Psalm 40:2-3).

Seize the moment and sing the praises of the One whose victory you will enjoy for all eternity!

God bless you!

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