I am using the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading. I had been using One Year Bible Online, but it was time for a change.

Today, I am reading and commenting on Job 16-21.

    Job’s friends continue to argue that he must have sinned because he is suffering. Actually, they argue that the wicked always suffer and the good never do. Job replies that he is innocent and that God must defend his innocence because no one else will stand up for him. Once more Job calls for a mediator between himself and God. As Christians we know that he did indeed have an advocate in heaven who stood before God and argued on his behalf. Then in chapter 19 verses 25 through 27 Job expresses one of the great thoughts of the Bible:

But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives,
and he will stand upon the earth at last.
And after my body has decayed,
yet in my body I will see God!
I will see him for myself.
Yes, I will see him with my own eyes.
I am overwhelmed at the thought!

This is such a great thought. One of my favorite hymns is based upon this passage. We will indeed see him for ourselves.