A story is told of a great Oxford scholar and Bible student of England, Dr. Benjamin Jowett. One day at dinner a woman hoping to draw some clever response from him asked, “Dr. Jowett, we would like to know what is your opinion of God.” His face became stern and serious, and he replied: “Madam, I should think it a great impertinence were I to express my opinion about God. The only constant anxiety of my life is to know what is God’s opinion of me.”
In the Old Testament, Job felt his need of that. He was conscious of his own innocence, but he could not prove it in the human courts. His friends had already tried him and found him guilty, but somewhere deep in his soul Job knew that there was one who would be perfect and totally impartial in his judgments. How wonderful it would have been had Job know the rest of the story – how that one day God’s son, Jesus, would come and so completely identify with us that he could be forever our advocate in heaven.
As you tell your life story about your relationship with Jesus Christ I know there are those who have already judged you in some earthly way. May we constantly be aware that the grace of God is sufficient for us that no matter how others receive us, God has given his Son already to receive us as his!!! Praise be to God!
