What desolation of spirit! He had lost everything, even his health. He felt as though He had been forsaken by everyone. It even came to the point where he despaired of life itself, wishing that he had never been born and seen the light of day (Job 3:11).

As I was reading the book of Job, I realized that there are some people today who feel the same as Job did. They despair even of life itself because of the circumstances in which they find themselves.

But then I remembered that this is the oldest book in the Bible, thought to have been written even before Genesis. So Job did not have the advantage of having the Scriptures. He anguished before God. Job felt that if God were a man, he could answer Him. He said (Job 16:21),

“Oh, that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleads for his neighbor!”

Job's heart's desire was that there would be some way for a man to have direct access to God. He cried,

“For He (God) is not a man, as I am, that I may answer Him,

And that we should go to court together.

Nor is there any mediator between us,

who may lay his hand on us both.”

Job 9:32-33

Since Job didn't have the whole counsel of God as we do today, he didn't know that God would solve this problem. Now we do have God's complete message to mankind! Now we realize that we do have a mediator between God and mankind. God became flesh and dwelt among us (John 1). And best of all, He (Jesus) is One who was tested in all points as we are, yet without sin. When He was on earth, He entered into the sufferings of all the people around Him, He listened, He had compassion on them, and He healed them. He is the perfect mediator!

“For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men,

the Man Christ Jesus.” 1 Timothy 2:5

However, even with Job's incomplete knowledge, he exclaimed,

“Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him...

He also shall be my salvation.” 13:15-16

How much more, with my confidence in God's Holy Word, should I be able to exclaim in whatever circumstance I should find myself, I will be content (Philippians 4:11). I will be able to say,

'He is my God, He is my salvation. I put my trust and confidence in Him. His way is best!'