Have you ever felt a bit like Job? Current trials may make you wonder if God listens or understands. The worst part is His silence. Do you have to go through trials alone or is there some way you can get through to Him? Job must have felt that way.
God is not a mortal like me….If only there was a mediator who could bring us together, but there is none…. Then I could speak to him without fear, but I cannot do that in my own strength…. I cry to you, O God, but you don’t answer me. I stand before you, and you don’t bother to look….If only I had someone to see my side!… – Job 9:33-35, 30:20, 31:35 NLT
Job was longing for a mediator. He wanted what we want – to be able to see God and know He understands. God fulfilled that desire by sending us His Son who does “see [our] side” because He walked the path of humanity, endured temptation, and was victorious over it.
John 14:6,7, Colossians 1:15; 1 Timothy 2:5, Hebrews 2:17-18, 7:25, 1 John 2:1
“I am the way, the truth and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me…. From now on you know him and have seen him!”….Christ is the visible image of the invisible God….For there is only one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and people. He is the man Christ Jesus….Therefore, it was necessary for Jesus to be in every respect like us, his brothers and sisters, so that he could be our merciful and faithful High Priest before God. He then could offer a sacrifice that would take away the sins of the people. Since he himself has gone through suffering and temptation, he is able to help us when we are being tempted….He lives to intercede with God on their behalf….if anyone does sin, we have an Advocate who pleads our case before the Father…
The mediator Job so desperately wanted was not found in his “friends” who made lengthy speeches about his situation. Job’s request was answered in Jesus. The agony Job felt when he thought God had abandoned him was felt by Jesus – magnified because His Father had to turn away from the sin He bore on the cross – my sin and your sin. The relief Job felt when God finally spoke to him from the whirlwind reminded Job that God had always been there – he just hadn’t SEEN him yet (now I have seen you with my own eyes -Job 42:5).
On Christmas morning, God’s Son became like us. We could SEE Him. We can speak to God without fear because of Jesus. We do not have to do anything in our own strength because He has given us His. Jesus sees our side because He does understand.
Jesus is the answer to Job’s longing – and ours.
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