Job 19

He still sees me

_{“But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and he will stand upon the earth at last.” ~ Job 19:25}

Today’s passage is one of the most gut-wrenching chapters in the entire Bible. It’s raw, painful, and honest. Job, once again, pours out the deep grief of being misunderstood, abandoned, and falsely judged by those who should have stood by him. His friends accused him, his family distanced themselves, and even his servants ignored him. Yet in the middle of all this, Job declared one of the most powerful confessions of faith in Scripture: “I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end He will stand on the earth.”

I remember when I was walking through a tough season in my life when every step felt like it hurt. It wasn’t just the circumstances, I could handle hard things, but the silence, the distance from those I thought would be near, made it heavier. I felt invisible, like my pain had worn people out. But in the quiet, God was near. He didn’t change everything around me at once, but He reminded me: He saw me still. Like Job, I held on to the truth that I had a Redeemer who was not absent in my affliction.

This chapter reminds us that even when we feel forgotten, we are never forsaken. People may not always understand what we’re carrying, but God never loses sight of us. He doesn’t need to be convinced of our pain because He is present in it. Job shows us that we can grieve and still trust. We can be honest and still believe. We can declare God’s faithfulness even when we can’t see the evidence of it yet.

Here are some practical ways you can apply this truth in your personal situation:

• Speak what you know to be true about God, especially when your emotions say otherwise. Like Job, make declarations of faith: “My Redeemer lives.”
• Identify safe people to share your pain with. Not everyone will understand, and that’s okay. But God will often send one or two who will stand with you.
• Stay in the Word. When you’re surrounded by voices of judgment or discouragement, let Scripture be the loudest voice you hear.
• Don’t rush to fix the pain. Some seasons are meant to be walked through, not escaped. Invite God into the middle of it.

Today I want to encourage you to go through Job 19 slowly. Pay attention to the shift between Job’s sorrow and his declaration of hope. Then, write your own version of verse 25. For example:
“I know that my Healer sees me.”
“I know that my Defender will come through.”
Let truth rise above your circumstance because God is not finished yet.

You may feel like you’re surrounded by misunderstanding, but you are not alone. God is closer than the pain. He sees your tears, your faith, and your fight. One day, just as Job believed, you will see Him stand victorious over your story.

Today’s scripture reading: Job 19

1 Then Job spoke again:

2 “How long will you torture me? How long will you try to crush me with your words?

3 You have already insulted me ten times. You should be ashamed of treating me so badly.

4 Even if I have sinned, that is my concern, not yours.

5 You think you’re better than I am, using my humiliation as evidence of my sin.

6 But it is God who has wronged me, capturing me in his net.

7 “I cry out, ‘Help!’ but no one answers me. I protest, but there is no justice.

8 God has blocked my way so I cannot move. He has plunged my path into darkness.

9 He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.

10 He has demolished me on every side, and I am finished. He has uprooted my hope like a fallen tree.

11 His fury burns against me; he counts me as an enemy.

12 His troops advance. They build up roads to attack me. They camp all around my tent.

13 “My relatives stay far away, and my friends have turned against me.

14 My family is gone, and my close friends have forgotten me.

15 My servants and maids consider me a stranger. I am like a foreigner to them.

16 When I call my servant, he doesn’t come; I have to plead with him!

17 My breath is repulsive to my wife. I am rejected by my own family.

18 Even young children despise me. When I stand to speak, they turn their backs on me.

19 My close friends detest me. Those I loved have turned against me.

20 I have been reduced to skin and bones and have escaped death by the skin of my teeth.

21 “Have mercy on me, my friends, have mercy, for the hand of God has struck me.

22 Must you also persecute me, like God does? Haven’t you chewed me up enough?

23 “Oh, that my words could be recorded. Oh, that they could be inscribed on a monument,

24 carved with an iron chisel and filled with lead, engraved forever in the rock.

25 “But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and he will stand upon the earth at last.

26 And after my body has decayed, yet in my body I will see God!

27 I will see him for myself. Yes, I will see him with my own eyes. I am overwhelmed at the thought!

28 “How dare you go on persecuting me, saying, ‘It’s his own fault’?

29 You should fear punishment yourselves, for your attitude deserves punishment. Then you will know that there is indeed a judgment.”

 Journal:

• What are you going through that feels invisible or misunderstood right now?
• What do you know about your Redeemer that you can declare over this situation today?