Light Day 3: Job 33:23-28

If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness: Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom. His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s: he shall return to the days of his youth: He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness. He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light. ~ Job 33:23-28

This passage is a beautiful prophetic description of the peacemaking work of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is the “one mediator between God and men” (I Timothy 2:5). He is the messenger, the interpreter, the “one among a thousand” – the only one who can show man his uprightness because He Himself is the proof of the righteousness which He imputed to man through His death and resurrection. By His atoning and redeeming death, taking every shred of our unrighteousness upon Himself, He is able to stand before His Father on our behalf and truly say, “Deliver this person from death, from hell, from separation, from the world, from the flesh, from himself and his own miserable wallowing selfish life, because I have found a ransom. I am the ransom.” Then He speaks over us words of truth – words describing who we already are in the kingdom of God, words that as He speaks them will transform into reality in the physical realm of our lives – words of restoration: restored life, restored vigor, restored hope, restored purpose – all because of restored relationship and favor with God through Christ. Now, through our Mediator and Redeemer, we are transformed from misery, pain, and death to taking on our identity as Joy and Righteousness!

This passage is clear: if anyone speaks the truth, agreeing with God that “I have sinned,” God will deliver his soul and grant him light through His own life!

This is truly the good news of Jesus Christ: He has redeemed us from ourselves and restored us to a right relationship with God! What is more, this good news is indeed light to those who receive it: it has the power to transform them from the miserable creatures described in the first part of this chapter into the Joy and Righteousness of God! If this is not the most illuminating light a person can receive, our definitions and priorities are misaligned.

Today, claim this promise: renounce your sin (any walking in the flesh or seeking your own things that you’ve been doing) and receive the power of restoration that God has already granted to you – and your life shall see eternal, glorious, joyful light!

How are you seeing the light of Christ in your life today? Or if you aren’t, what’s hindering you?