Job 40:4 “I am unworthy – how can I reply to You?”

This was Job’s reaction when the Lord confronted him, which is close to Isaiah’s reaction to his vision of God…”Woe to me! I cried. I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.” (Isaiah 6:5) The majesty, power, & astonishment of God had both Job & Isaiah groveling in their insignificance before their Creator, and that stark realization made them well aware of their helplessness & insufficiencies. So why should we be so upset when Satan whispers to us, “You’re worthless.” Or as Charles Spurgeon wrote, “Satan tells me I am unworthy; but I always was unworthy, and yet You have long loved me; and therefore my unworthiness cannot be a barrier to having fellowship with You now.” We are unworthy & will always be unworthy of God’s grace and mercy, but yet, “While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8)

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Author: kezha1

A Christian mother, grandmother, and retired nurse living in Illinois. Called into a ministry of encouraging others to find their ultimate plan and purpose in life through Christ.

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