Though He Slay Me…

 Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.

—Job 13:15a

Verse 15 is one of the greatest declarations of faith found anywhere in Scripture.  Reading it this morning gave me an even greater appreciation for it than I had before.  Below is my takeaway...

Believe God...even when all seems hopeless as in Job’s case...even when the storms of life buffet and toss...even when you don’t feel His Presence...even when it seems that He is against you...even when you can find in Him no comfort...Believe God.  Job, despite all appearances and evidences to the contrary, trusted God.  Even if He slayed him, Job would trust Him.  Job says this in Chapter 19.

Oh, that my words were written!

Oh, that they were inscribed in a book!

24 That they were engraved on a rock

With an iron pen and lead, forever!

25 For I know that my Redeemer lives,

And He shall stand at last on the earth;

26 And after my skin is destroyed, this I know,

That in my flesh I shall see God,

27 Whom I shall see for myself,

And my eyes shall behold, and not another.

How my heart yearns within me!—Job 19:23-27

God heard Job’s prayer...His words of faith HAVE BEEN inscribed forever in a book...the Bible.  Countless hearts over many generations have been encouraged by them.  They are now the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen.  

Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.—Hebrews 12:1-2