Jesus Calls Us
Experiencing the Resurrection
The Empty Tomb
Live in the light of God (Isaiah 2:5) Job 14:1-5 The Voice14 Job: Humankind, born of woman,
has a few brief years with much suffering.
2 Like a short-lived bloom,
he springs up only to wither;
like the brief shade gained by a fast-moving cloud,
he passes swiftly.
3 Lord, is this why You turn Your gaze on such a creature:
to bring me,[a] a mere human being,alongside You for judgment?
4 Who can take what is impure and defiled
to fashion something pure and pristine?
No one! We are, after all, so different in nature.
5 Since a person’s life is fixed,
and You are the One who determines the number of his months,
And You set a limit on the length of her life,
and since they are incapable of exceeding Your decree,
For Reflection
"Like a flower, man is born to die. He disappears like a shadow (v. 2) or like evaporating water (v. 11). Man’s days are numbered (vv. 3-6), but does he have a future? Job’s strongest image is that of a tree (vv. 7-12). Chop it down, and its stump remains, and there is always a possibility that the tree might sprout again. The tree has hope, but man has no hope. When he dies, he knows that God is going to call him, and he will answer the call. In other words, God is not through with us at our death. God leaves no stump behind. Man is more like water that evaporates or soaks into the ground; it can never be recovered again ( v. 11). Job just wants to be remembered (v. 13)."*
God breathed life into us. Our bodies may rot, but God will call us, releasing us from the burdens of this world. Everlasting life!
*https://www.family-times.net/commentary/job-speaks-to-god-about-death/
Pray
Give thanks to the Living God who gave us the gift of life, his guiding hand, and our resurrection into everlasting life.
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