VS. 32, " HE IS NOT A MERE MORTAL LIKE ME THAT I MIGHT ANSWER HIM,
THAT WE MIGHT CONFRONT EACH OTHER IN COURT,
IF ONLY THERE WERE SOMEONE TO MEDIATE BETWEEN US,
SOMEONE TO BRING US TOGETHER,
SOMEONE TO REMOVE GOD'S ROD FROM ME,
SO THAT HIS TERROR WOULD FRIGHTEN ME NO MORE,
THEN I WOULD SPEAK UP WITHOUT FEAR OF HIM,
BUT AS IT NOW STANDS WITH ME, I CANNOT."
Written in the story of Job, lies this precious statement, spoken by Job himself, while suffering deeply having lost family, friends, and worldly goods he was blessed with, from the hand of his God. He was "hedged in," so said the accuser, Satan when he appeared before the throne of God and was questioned by God.
Job knew his God. He knew that he was awesome in might. That he spread out the heavens and formed the constellations perfectly to form that which we navigate by. He formed the mighty mountains and sent the thunder to remove them too. So he was well aware of his state and that he was a mere mortal, afflicted, and abased suddenly, all to prove a point in the heavens....to Satan. God would be God, for himself, to himself and to Job, and his three friends who gave boastful words without wisdom.
The beauty of his prayer though speaks volumes. There was no way for him (or any man) to approach God and live. For to do that is death. There was separation between us and God. Sin had broken the bond, the communion we had in the beginning. Moses saw just the back of God and he was hiding behind a rock, covered by God's hand, And still his face glowed for days and days.
Holiness of God was a terror. The Israelites saw the mountain smoke.
Fast forward, In comes Christ, the Lamb of God, slain, the atonement for all time. He was the mediator for us. The blood carried into the heavens, and into the presence of God himself. The only offering to appease the terror of a Holy God.
So did God answer this prayer of his, a (a righteous man's prayer availeth much).
For us too?............
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