Sun.’s Devo - Resurrection Power

Read: Job 8:1-11:20; 1 Corinthians 15:1-28; Psalm 38:1-22; Proverbs 21:28-29 Job’s second friend, Bildad the Shuhite spoke up. His name and origin means “love is confusing to the depressed”. How true. He accused Job of twisting the justice of God. He thinks that Job’s children must have sinned since Job is adamant that it wasn’t him. If Job is as righteous as he claims, then Bildad says that God will restore everything he has lost. Job agrees with him and knows what he says is true in principle, he is having a hard time with saying he can stand before God as a righteous person because who is righteous before God; He just doesn’t know of a particular sin that he could be being tried for. Job gives us a window into the heart of man before Christ. He says, “even if I was right, I would have no defense. I could only plead for mercy.” “If only there were a mediator between us, someone who could bring us together. The mediator could make God stop beating me, and I would no longer live in terror of his punishment. Then I could speak to him without fear, but I cannot do that in my own strength.”” Today, we have everything Job was wanting, in the blood of Jesus Christ. He enables us to walk in mercy and not fear of judgment. He is our mediator and we no longer fear judgement. Being born again allows us to talk to God without fear and to walk in the power of God and not our own strength. Job cries out and wants God to tell him why he has allowed all this to happen to him. Job’s third friend, Zophar the Naamathite steps up to give his thoughts on Job’s story. He is the more ruthless of the three. He believes that Job has masked his sin in all his many words. He accuses Job of mocking God and refusing to admit that he is being punished for his sin. He encourages Job to repent and all will be well with him. In Corinthians, Paul reminds us of our foundation which is the Good News of salvation. The foundation of the Good News was not just the cross, but the power of the cross was the resurrection. Apparently there was argument about resurrection. Paul reminded them of the facts and all the people that saw Jesus after his death. He gave the order of resurrection. Christ was the first resurrected as the first fruit of the harvest of resurrection. Then we will be resurrected when he comes back. After he comes back the end will come and he will turn the Kingdom over to God. He will have destroyed every ruler and authority and power. Right now Christ is reigning and he is humbling all his enemies under his feet and the last enemy will be death. Lord, thank you for your resurrection life you have put in us. Thank you that we have forgiveness and right standing with you because of the blood. Help us to walk in your resurrection power today.