Our question today comes from Job 9:2.
“How can mere mortals prove their innocence before God?”
Job was broken. He had lost everything: children, health, livelihood. And his friends? They may have been well intended, but they made it worse. They insisted he must be guilty. They said that God punishes sinners, so Job must have sinned.
Job knew better. He hadn’t lived perfectly, but he had lived faithfully. Still, he suffered. And so he asked, “How can anyone be right before God?”
That question still echoes today. How can we stand before a holy God when we’re so flawed? So fragile? So fallen?
The answer, as Job would discover, doesn’t come from our goodness—it comes from God’s grace. Righteousness isn’t earned. It is attributed to us.
One day, another innocent sufferer—Jesus—would answer Job’s cry by giving His righteousness to us.
So when you feel unworthy (and we all do), remember: The question of Job found its answer in the cross. You don’t have to be perfect to be loved. But you do have to be His.
I’m Lonnie Davis, and these are thoughts worth thinking.