Job Chapter 24. Are you walking in the light?
Job continues to express his frustration on how there are those who do so much evil and seem to get away with it. It appears as if God is unaware and is doing nothing about it. Job says so much evil occurs at night because people feel they are unseen and are getting away with their evil. They want nothing to do with the light for the light exposes their evil. This reminds me of John 3:16-20.
The world we live in is a broken world. Those living a life without Christ are living in darkness. But Jesus is the light of the world who came to give us new life in him.
The passage says, “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send his son into the world to condemn the world but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son. This is the verdict, light has come into the world. But people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.” John 3:16-20.
The reality is: we will all face the wrath and judgement of God if we're living in darkness and without Christ. We escape judgement when we have faith in Jesus and we choose to no longer live in darkness. Those who surrender their lives to Jesus begin to walk in the light and they understand that Jesus is the WAY the Truth and the LIFE.
God help me to walk in the light so that others see you and are inspired to walk in the light through a relationship with your Son.
Job was frustrated with the way things seemed to be at the time, but nothing is hidden from God. He knows everything and always does what is right.
Here are some Bible verses that I was reminded of today:
Psalm 139:11-12
If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night,” even the darkness is not dark to You; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with You.
John 8:12
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Ephesians 5:6-14
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. Therefore do not become partners with them; for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret. But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible, for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, “Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
Everybody sins and make mistakes but the good thing is God sent his son Jesus and overcame the world. Overcame death and pain. Anytime we sin and break one of Gods rules God is always able to forgive. Like with this pandemic covid-19 a lot of Christians were frustrated just the same way job was frustrated like Jim said. Again nothing is hidden from God. Every move we make God sees it and knows.