Saturday, May 02, 2009

Another Bible Gem

This is similar to two posts back. It's amazing to read the Old Testament with the knowledge of the hope of Christ.
I found these verses in Job this morning. I want to yell into history, to people who felt this - 'There is a way! His Name is Jesus!' I want to shout this into broken and hopeless lives today - 'There is hope - there is LIFE in Christ!'

Read these verses and praise God that He has brought them to fulfillment in the Lord Jesus Christ:

Job 9:29-35

29 Since I am already found guilty,

why should I struggle in vain?
30 Even if I washed myself with soap
and my hands with washing soda,
31 you would plunge me into a slime pit
so that even my clothes would detest me.
32 "He is not a man like me that I might answer him,
that we might confront each other in court.
33 If only there were someone to arbitrate between us,
to lay his hand upon us both,
34 someone to remove God's rod from me,
so that his terror would frighten me no more.
35 Then I would speak up without fear of him,
but as it now stands with me, I cannot.

Praise God, now we CAN!


1 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thank you for sharing. I just found your blog last week. It has been a blessing, and I love the song, "Worship". Are you the recording artist? It is probably one of the most convicting songs I have heard. I came back from a trip to Honduras with Isaiah 58 hauting me. The song reveals what we in America, and I in particular--like ancient Israel, have become in our worship.
Thank you for reminding us.