Ongoing repentance

So, let’s suppose someone has hurt you. Their words were reckless and pierced like a sword. They insisted that you had done something wrong and refused to listen to your defense. They came at you again and again. And then…God told you to pray for them. That is what God instructed Job to do.

Job’s friends tried to persuade him that the tragedies in his life were the result of sin. Job knew this was not true. He had trusted in God alone, by grace alone, through faith alone. That initial repentance empowered him to live a life devoted to God. Because God transformed his heart, Job led a blameless, upright, and obedient life. Job never claimed perfection, but he was adamant that, with the Lord’s help, he had been striving to follow him closely.