Read Job 31:1-40
Job’s protest of innocence here gives us a picture of what behaviors he finds to be offensive to God. Job asks over and over, “have I” this or that, believing that if he had done any of those things there would be reason for the calamity he’s endured. It’s as if Job is challenging someone to step forward and finally make an accusation.
We can glean a lot of wisdom from Job in this reading. We can take Job’s words about sinfulness and examine our own lives. Have our own actions and thoughts caused us to be guilty in any of these sins against God? Continue reading “Job 31:1-40 – I’m Innocent!”