BE LIKE JOB

 

Job 1:1  There was a man named Job who lived in the land of Uz.  He was blameless, a man of complete integrity.  He feared God and stayed away from evil.

This is where the rubber meets the road.  Job was known by man and God as being blameless, a man of complete integrity.  Job was consistently blameless before God.  He was not a different person in public as he was in private.  He did what was right before God all the time.  He didn’t do what was right just when it was to his advantage to do so.  Integrity of heart was who he was.

Job feared God and stayed away from evil.  Job understood that God was holy.  He understood that God is the judge of the soul and that we are accountable to Him for our sins.  Job knew God took seriously the way we think and live.  He knew God in such a way that it caused him to respect who He is.  Job had such a high regard for God that his heart was in a constant state of reverence for Him.  He understood the damage sin could do on his soul.  He understood that sin would drive him away from God.

It is imperative for the health of our souls that we too live blameless lives before God.  We too must be a people who are the same before God in private as we are in public.  We too must not be different in church than we are outside the church.  We must be a people who know God in such a way that we have a proper respect and reverence for Him.  We must as well be a people who stay away from evil because of its damaging effect on our relationship with God.

If you find yourself unlike Job, then I implore you to get your heart right with God today.  It is not only possible to live blamelessly before God, it is imperative that we do so.  God enables us to do it in Christ.  He makes us acceptable and pleasing to God.

May it be said of us that we too are blameless before God, that we are a people of complete integrity.  May we too have a fear of God and be motivated to stay away from evil.