DAILY?READINGS: Exodus 5 to 6:13; Psalms 35-36; Acts 2:1-21
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. Job 40:4
God had rebuked Job. “Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him?” (40:2). Job had said that God contended with him (10:1- 2) and was unwise (23:3-7). Now a more contrite Job replied, “Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee?” He would stop challenging and be silent. But silence is not the same as repentance, so God continued to work in his heart. Finally Job said, “Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes” (42:6). Because the Lord desired to bless Job, He was not satisfied with anything less than genuine repentance. God is working for the same goal in us. —W. A. H.
Come to the Saviour now, He gently calls thee;
In true repentance bow, before Him bend the knee.
—John Wigner