THE STORY OF JESUS: Job 25-27
“I will never admit you are in the right.” (Job 27:5)
As I read these speeches, I struggle to know what is right.
Both Job and his friends speak confidently, as if they are right.
In the end, God humbles both Job and His friends.
In a sense, none of them are right… and neither am I.
Humility does not mean we cannot believe anything.
But it should keep us from thinking that we are totally right.
If we hold to our doctrines with the certainy of Job (v.5), watch out.
Who can dare say “I will never” to God, only God is totally right.
Unlike Job, all I can say is, ‘I will never admit I AM in the right.’
We need to hold truth by faith, gently and humbly, open to God’s correction.
My church tradition has doctrines that I hold lightly.
There’s something in them that seems right to me… and yet not totally.
Jesus does not save me because I am right, in fact the opposite.
I am saved by grace, not by orthodoxy – and thank God for that!
What do you sense the Lord saying to you?
PRAYER
Lord, I will never declare that I am totally right. Because of this, no one else can be totally wrong. Only You are right. Humble and open my heart and mind to learn from You truth, wherever it comes from.