When You Still Hold On to Your Own Righteousness, Where Are You?

Job Chapter 27

Job continues to speak.

“I will not let go of my righteousness.”

“My conscience does not condemn me.”

Job still holds on to his own righteousness.

Job speaks clearly.

I am not wrong.

I will not let go of my righteousness.

My conscience does not condemn me.

Even in suffering,

his sense of righteousness remains.

A person may lose everything,

yet still hold on

to one final thing.

The conviction:

“I am right.”

When you still hold on

to your own righteousness,

where are you?

Do you defend your righteousness?

Or do you open your hands

and stand before God?

Job did not let go

of his own righteousness.

Even after losing everything,

there remained one thing

he could not release.

The conviction:

“I am right.”

His hands are still closed.

God is still silent.

Those hands are still closed.