Job 24

Job 24:12 The dying groan in the city, And the souls of the wounded cry out; Yet God does not charge them with wrong.

This is the challenge of every Christian going through a trial. How often do we yell, "Justice!" We look at all our righteousness compared to those around us and we wonder if God is even noticing. Job recognizes this. He claims God does not charge all these evildoers with any wrong.

Job is blind in one area and God is going to open his eyes. You see, the real story behind Job is, even in all our righteousness we fall short of the righteousness of God. We are in completely different classes of righteousness. Even if someone were to live the perfect life, without sin, they would not be self-existent. They would not be able to create something out of nothing. They would not be able to die and take away the sins of all people. Jesus was unique in the sense that, though He was a 100% man, He was also 100% God. He was able to say, "Before Abraham was, I AM." That is a righteousness that can only be spoken by God.

Job was a good man. However, his righteousness was at the same level of all those evils he was speaking of in this chapter. He falls far short. Apart from being imperfect, he also was not God. Therefore his righteousness was never going to be able to reach God's righteousness. Toward the end of Job we will see God reveal a bit of His righteousness towards Job. In doing this, Job's eyes are open to just how far he falls from the righteousness of God.

If you are out on an ego trip, or if you are struggling with the success of the wicked, read the last chapter's of Job. Pray that God will reveal a bit of His righteousness to you, that you may be humbled. Once humbled, God can work with you.