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Job Trusts in His Redeemer (Job 19:1 NKJV Chapter Title)
Imagine your life is a book. The title is your name. Inside, it has dozens of chapters. What would you guess is the title of this particular chapter of your life?
The NKJV uses the title "Job Trusts in His Redeemer" in Job, chapter 19. In the midst of his nightmare, while enduring the rebukes of three otherwise wise friends, Job affirms his belief, faith, and trust in the Lord, Creator of heaven and earth. True, Job didn't know exactly what God would orchestrate after his (Job's) death, but he expressed his abiding, almost unshakeable trust in his redeemer.
While writing sixty-two devotionals for this book (July and August), this author learned about his own mortality. His long disease, sarcoidosis, already had cut many years off his projected life span. A few days ago, he learned the disease had infiltrated his heart. His cardiac sarcoidosis could stay status quo for many years. If it progressed to stage three, however, he would have a 50 percent chance of dying within a year. In other words, he would have one or two or maybe three more years before dying (likely from sudden cardiac death).
Such news pushes everything else off the table for a few days and you quickly learn whether you fully trust your Redeemer.
Prayer: Lord, right now, in the midst of this life chapter; I want to deepen my faith. How good that You are so trustworthy!
Imagine your life is a book. The title is your name. Inside, it has dozens of chapters. What would you guess is the title of this particular chapter of your life?
The NKJV uses the title "Job Trusts in His Redeemer" in Job, chapter 19. In the midst of his nightmare, while enduring the rebukes of three otherwise wise friends, Job affirms his belief, faith, and trust in the Lord, Creator of heaven and earth. True, Job didn't know exactly what God would orchestrate after his (Job's) death, but he expressed his abiding, almost unshakeable trust in his redeemer.
While writing sixty-two devotionals for this book (July and August), this author learned about his own mortality. His long disease, sarcoidosis, already had cut many years off his projected life span. A few days ago, he learned the disease had infiltrated his heart. His cardiac sarcoidosis could stay status quo for many years. If it progressed to stage three, however, he would have a 50 percent chance of dying within a year. In other words, he would have one or two or maybe three more years before dying (likely from sudden cardiac death).
Such news pushes everything else off the table for a few days and you quickly learn whether you fully trust your Redeemer.
Prayer: Lord, right now, in the midst of this life chapter; I want to deepen my faith. How good that You are so trustworthy!
