Job 27:1-2 And Job continued his discourse: “As surely as God loves, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made my life bitter….”
After twenty seven chapters, Job still knows his own heart. He will not admit to something he has not done. The “friends” (who seem more like antagonists at this point because of their insistence that he must have some secret, unconfessed sin to bring all this on him) will not convince him otherwise.
Job 27:3-4 “…as long as I have life within me, the breath of God in my nostrils, my lips will not say anything wicked and my tongue will not utter lies.”
At this point, I really admire Job’s confidence in his own mind and heart. If I put myself in his shoes, sitting in ashes, scraping sores off my skin, my “friends” are hounding me, insisting that all that I’ve lost is because of unconfessed sin that, if I would confess and repent, God would turn His face toward me again, I seriously think I might have convinced myself by now that they must be right. What other explanation could there be? But not Job. He knows his heart. He knows his mind. He doesn’t know why he’s suffering, but he knows God understands and he knows he needs to draw closer to God.
Job 27:5 “I will never admit you are right; till I die, I will not deny my integrity.”
Lord, Thank You for this day and this scripture. Thank You for this chapter and for the book of Job. Help me not to be swayed by the voices of this world. Help me to know my own heart. Help me to seek, to trust, and to listen to only You. Draw me closer. Amen.
Job 27:6 “I will maintain my innocence and never let go of it; my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live.”
Have a blessed day.