But As For Me

Scripture:

Job 19:25 "But as for me, I know that my Redeemer Lives, and he will stand upon the earth at last".

Observation:

Job is speaking in response to Bildad.  He is telling them how God's hand has been against him and he can't figure out why.  In the midst of his questioning and wondering why God would do something like this, he throws in this little statement, "But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives".  He goes on to say that he will see him face to face one day.  In the midst of his crisis, Job still knew, no matter what his friends said, that God was with him and that his Redeemer lived.  He knew God would somehow work everything out.

Application:

When nothing seems to be going right in life, we need to remember that our Redeemer lives.  Things may not always seem to be going the way we would like them to, but we can rest assured that our redeemer lives.  We need to determine, like Job, that our Redeemer lives and that He will judge rightly one day.  Sorrow may last for the night, but joy comes in the morning.  Weeping may endure for a while, but it will all turn around one day.  We must know, beyond any shadow of a doubt, that our Redeemer lives and that He will reign and rule justly.

Prayer:

Lord, help me to say, "but as for me, I know me Redeemer lives" when things don't look so good.  Help me to walk by faith an dnot by sight.  Teach me to trust You more fully and completely every day.  I know You live, but sometimes I do wonder why You don't do the things I think You should do.  Help me to trust that You know best and not me.

Your Son,
Jeff