“…But how can mere mortals prove there innocence before God?”
“If it is a matter of strength, he is mighty, And if it is a matter of justice, who can challenge him? Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.”
As our lives play out in front of us, we cannot help but pick it apart. We look at all of our decisions, the consequences of our actions, try to learn from our mistakes, and repeat our successes. We are creatures of habit that learn as we go even when we are given the directions. We cannot help ourselves.
God has bestowed upon us the greatest gift, free will. It is this free will gift that either has us in chains or as free as a bird. Job’s free will was in question in heaven and when God said “have you considered my servant Job?” He was not worried about the choices he would make. In fact, the only reason God let Satan trash Job and his life was because the free will choice of Job was never in question. Job was not going to curse God, God knew his heart.
Bildad, Job’s second friend, had a nice view of God and it works for most of us. He viewed God as a Judge in the courtroom and we get to plead our case before him. In a courtroom, lawyers are tasked to make an argument for or against someone who committed a crime and the judge and jury have to decide upon the evidence given. Paul says we have all sinned and fallen short and no one is without sin. (Romans 3:23) Put this in a courtroom and no lawyers are needed at all. It is an open and shut case.
Job knew this and he also knew who God was. Verses 19 and 20 drive home the principle that we need redemption. If you have ever heard that everyone on death row is innocent and you believe it you are being played. Jesus Christ came to pay for our sins so that the God of verses 19 and 20 came to look at us through his sacrifice and call us redeemed. It is never a matter of our strength verses His or our justice verses His or our innocence. We are ones on death row, guilty as charged with no hope of repeal.
Who is God you might ask? He is the one who loved us enough to send his only son so that we can have everlasting life with Him. We are all lawyers in the courtroom of life but we do have a savior and his name is Jesus. He paid our sin debt on the cross and rose again to grant us access to His Spirit here on earth.
How long have you been pleading your case before God? Laying out the righteous acts against the no so righteous acts. We don’t have to plead our case. The fact is we are all guilty. We were born into sin and deserve to be separated from God. But Jesus came and bore our sins on the cross so we are blameless before almighty God. He adopts us as His children. The Bible even tells us that our citizenship is in heaven and we are only here for short time to spread the gospel and after that we go to be with the Father in heaven.
How long will you continue to battle Satan in a courtroom of your life? Who is God that we should call Him abba father? He is the judge and jury. Don’t spend any more time preparing arguments to justify your behavior. Give it all to Jesus. Job 9:33-35 says,
“33 If only there were someone to mediate between us,
someone to bring us together,
34 someone to remove God’s rod from me,
so that his terror would frighten me no more.
35 Then I would speak up without fear of him,
but as it now stands with me, I cannot.”
Jesus is our mediator. Job speaks of Jesus right here. You don’t have to be afraid of God.
Prayer: Father, too often we tend to argue from our own perspective. We want to persuade others or win the argument of justification so we don’t feel so bad when we sin. I pray that we give everything to you today Lord, our short comings, our lies, our sins, our family, our friends, everything. I have made a mess of things and I give it all to you. In Jesus name, amen.
Let It Go 
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