Job 27:6 KJV
My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
Gill says of this passage, "Meaning not his personal righteousness, ..... Indeed the righteousness of his living Redeemer, which was his...."[1]
Job did testify of knowing His Redeemer (Job 19:25). So the sense of this passage is that Job would never allow himself to let go of the assurance that can come only through the Saviour. He understood he would sin. He realized that every man fails God. However, He also understood the concept of righteousness through faith. If that faith is placed in the Almighty, who cannot fail, then it is impossible to lose the righteousness which God imparts to a man through faith.
If we will hold on to that truth, if we will not let it go, that blessed truth will sustain us through the dark times we go through in life even as it sustained Job through his darkest days.
Regardless of what happens to us in the flesh,
Regardless of the accusations men may make concerning us
Regardless of our own sense of unworthiness
If our soul has been committed to His trust and care, all is well with our soul.
My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
Gill says of this passage, "Meaning not his personal righteousness, ..... Indeed the righteousness of his living Redeemer, which was his...."[1]
Job did testify of knowing His Redeemer (Job 19:25). So the sense of this passage is that Job would never allow himself to let go of the assurance that can come only through the Saviour. He understood he would sin. He realized that every man fails God. However, He also understood the concept of righteousness through faith. If that faith is placed in the Almighty, who cannot fail, then it is impossible to lose the righteousness which God imparts to a man through faith.
If we will hold on to that truth, if we will not let it go, that blessed truth will sustain us through the dark times we go through in life even as it sustained Job through his darkest days.
Regardless of what happens to us in the flesh,
Regardless of the accusations men may make concerning us
Regardless of our own sense of unworthiness
If our soul has been committed to His trust and care, all is well with our soul.
[1] E-Sword, John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible, Dr. John Gill (1690-1771)
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