Friday, August 1, 2014

Humility in Light of His Sovereignty


Job 42:2-6 
2 “I know that You can do everything, And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You. 3 You asked, ‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’ Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. 4 Listen, please, and let me speak; You said, ‘I will question you, and you shall answer Me.’ 5 “I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees You. 6 Therefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes.”

Job found out that his own knowledge and goodness that he thought he was and did meant nothing in the light of the Most High Holy God.  As Jeremiah warned and pleaded for the people to see and admit their sinful falling short of His holy standards, so God told Job here.  So we must humble ourselves as far from God's righteousness and turn from all that angers Him, finding forgiveness and peace only in Jesus Christ through our repentance and reconciliation. 

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