My Redeemer lives

“I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end He will stand upon the earth.” Job 19:25
Admittedly, there aren’t many verses in the book of Job that give us comfort and encouragement. But the few that there are, are ones we can cling to.
The book of Job is written in classical Hebrew poetry: the repetition, contrast, and expansion of ideas. Because of this, we can lose sight of the fact that Job was a real person, with very real problems. All of his ten sons and daughters were killed in a freak accident. All of his possessions were stolen from him. He lost his health, his wife got fed up with him (see Job 2:9-10), and last but not least, his best friends insinuated that all this came upon him for being a dirty rotten sinner. There was no end in sight for Job. But he was one of those looking forward to what he had been promised by God (Heb. 11:39).
We will all face times when it seems everything and everyone is against us. Maybe that’s where you are today. But if your hope is in Jesus Christ, and the salvation He gives, then you have a promise you can depend on. You can say, like Job, “I know that my Redeemer lives”. Jesus conquered the grave so that we can spend eternity with Him. And like Job, you can look forward to that day, when “in the end He will stand upon the earth.” One day, God will bring everything to justice. He will right all the wrongs that have been done to us. Trust Him in this, and don’t give up.