Tues.’s Devo - Job’s Answer to Bildad

Read Job 9:1-22 Job answers Bildad’s reasoning that Job is not righteous. He wants to know how man can be righteous compared to God, but he golds to the fact that he is innocent. He understands that no one can oppose God and win. God has sovereign rule over the earth. He can level a mountain with an earthquake, make the sun stop from rising, (which he did in Exodus as one of the plagues and when Jesus hung on the cross. In Is. 38:8 he actually made the sundial go back 10 degrees.) expand the heavens and send storms to the seas. He created the constellations and Hell. God is invisible and all powerful - no one can stand against him. So who am I - Job wants to know - to be able to reason with God and present his case. God crushes him without a reason he says, He won’t let up on him or give Job a break. When he stands before God to be judged, there is nothing Job can say that will impress him. But, in Job’s heart he knows that he is innocent so he now understands that God destroys innocent people along with the wicked. Being righteous and being innocent are two different things. Righteous means that there is no sin and innocent means that as far as one knows he is doing what it right. Job is not claiming to be righteous, but innocent. His friends are accusing him of thinking he is righteous. Lord, I pray that we walk innocently before you and that your righteousness would be our guide.