Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Day::65
There were several (five to be exact) times where Job said that he was innocent, or blameless. This stood out to me, and actually, it bothered me. I feel like i've been taught to always take the blame. Always be the one who may have done something wrong, even if i don't know for sure if it was me. Maybe it's just my personality...or something. But I know i'm a sinner and i'm not blameless, so even if i don't know what i've done, i'll still take the blame. I can't decide if that's good or bad.
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Well I think it's both, because I think you might be talking about two different things here.
ReplyDelete1. It is healthy and good and RIGHT to have a proper understanding and grasp of God's holiness and our HUGE need for Him. Therefore, we should realize we are always at a huge loss in perfection compared to the only PERFECT ONE. This is humility. This is good.
2. Job's claims for innocence were in response to several people's explanation of his suffering. Everyone wanted to explain that he suffered because of his unrighteousness or some evil or sin he had done. Essentially, Job...there must be some SIN in your life that you haven't dealt with and the suffering won't go away until you do! Their viewpoints were actually right in line with cultural belief and thought at that time, but not in line with what God was doing in Job's life...which was testing his faith and growing Him. Sooooooooooo....here, I see Job refusing to take guilt that wasn't his. Before Satan attacked and the suffering started, everything was good between Job and the Lord. We find ourselves in this struggle, though, too...a struggle to shake free from the guilt and shame that comes to us from every direction of this broken world. We, though, have to have discerning minds on where we are being convicted by the Holy Spirit and where we are buying into shame from the world and/or Satan... ---ALL THE WHILE holding onto our HUMILITY and proper perspective in #1.
Just some thoughts...and only my opinions...please take with a TINY grain of salt. :)