Job 17:7-16 – My eyes have grown dim with grief;
my whole frame is but a shadow. The upright are appalled at this;
the innocent are aroused against the ungodly.
Nevertheless, the righteous will hold to their ways,
and those with clean hands will grow stronger.
“But come on, all of you, try again!
I will not find a wise man among you.
My days have passed, my plans are shattered.
Yet the desires of my heart turn night into day; in the face of the darkness light is near.
If the only home I hope for is the grave,
if I spread out my bed in the realm of darkness,
if I say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’
and to the worm, ‘My mother’ or ‘My sister,’
where then is my hope—who can see any hope for me?
Will it go down to the gates of death?
Will we descend together into the dust?”
Proverbs
4:18 – The path of
the righteous is like the morning sun, shining
ever brighter till the full light of day.
Isaiah
38:17 – Surely it
was for my benefit that I suffered such anguish. In your
love you kept me from the pit of destruction;
you have put all my sins behind your back.
Genesis
2:7 – Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the
breath of life, and the man became a living being.
Application:
- · The godly have all the guidance and protection they need and are able to lead others to righteousness.
- · God not only puts our sins out of sight; He also puts them out of reach, out of mind and out of existence.
- · People are made “in the image of God” and have an absolutely unique relation both to God as His servants and to the other creatures as God’s stewards over them.
All Scripture verses taken from NIV
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