Let There Be No Injustice
Job 6:29 Job rebukes his friends for treating his desperate words like wind and using speech to commit injustice.
8/17/20261 min read
Yield now, let there be no injustice! Yes, concede, my righteousness still stands! Job 6:29 (NKJV)
Job’s responds to Eliphaz's accusations and rebukes him for being unjust and undermining a friend, then pleads with his friends to reconsider their view because he would never lie to them. Job urges them to stop condemning him and to give him a fair hearing because he is not claiming perfection before God but is asserting that his cause is righteous before men. He is confident that, when the matter is fully examined, his innocence and integrity will be evident, trusting in God’s justice and his own moral standards.
We, as Christians can be like Job's friends, judging people around us by their looks or the situation that they are in. How many times have we looked at a homeless person and thought that their choice to do drugs put them there or they just need to get a job. There is a lot more to that homeless person than we know, and we are not doing God's work by judging them. James 1:26 says, "Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless." What comes out of our tongues is in our hearts, so we need a heart change and see those around us as Jesus does, with love and as a child of God.
Choose to see the world through the eyes of Jesus, not according to outward appearance or past mistakes, but as His children, longing for all to come to him. Love the person on the street like Jesus loves them. Share a meal with them, listen to their story, and if not saved, invite them to accept Jesus. Do a self-check, and if you see yourself judging others, think of what Jesus did for you and where you were headed before accepting Him as your Lord and Savior. Most of all, always watch the words that come out of your mouth, so that there is no injustice, but only such as is good for building up, that it may give grace to those who hear.