Read Job 31.
Is anyone truly innocent?
Wouldn’t there be someone who could bring up a legitimate offense
against us?
Job stated all along that he was falsely accused and did not
do anything that deserved his severe losses or his mistreatment by others. So, in defense of his integrity and his
innocence, he challenged anyone to step forward with their claim.
No less than seventeen times Job used the word
"if" to lay out a scenario of possible wrongdoing. And, if that were true, "then" he
knew the consequences. Only a person
with an absolutely clear conscience could make such statements as these.
Here are the life values and commitments of Job.
1. Sexual purity, both with his eyes and his behavior.
(vv.1, 9-12)
2. Personal Honesty. (vv.5-6)
3. Business Honesty. (vv.7-8)
4. Fairness and treating others with equal respect.
(vv.13-15)
5. Generosity. (vv.16-23)
6. Humility. (vv.24-28)
7. Peaceable. (vv.29-30)
8. Hospitality. (vv.31-32)
9. Transparency. (vv.33-34)
10. Justice. (vv.38-40)
Life is 24/7.
Character is who you are. Job's
character was not the result of his innate goodness. He knew better. Rather, it had been shaped first by his life
commitment to God and by his understanding of his direct accountability to God
for his words and actions.
When we submit our lives to the Holy Spirit, our character
looks like this: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness, self-control..." (Galatians 5:22-23)
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