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My Redeemer Lives and That's on God.

Job 19 — The lowest point in the Bible drops the hardest bar

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Key Takeaways

Telling someone 'you probably deserved it' is the worst possible response to suffering, and Job's friends learn that the hard way

📢 Chapter 19 — Rock Bottom Faith 🪨

is back on the mic, and he is NOT okay. His so-called friends have been running their mouths for days now, telling him that all his suffering must be his fault. His body is wrecked. His family is gone. His reputation is dust.

But in the middle of all that darkness, Job does something nobody saw coming — he makes one of the most powerful declarations of in the entire Bible. When everything is stripped away and there's nothing left to hold onto, Job grabs hold of the one thing that can't be taken: his lives.

Stop Coming for Me 🛑

opens up by telling his friends to quit it. They've been dragging him nonstop and he's had enough.

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"How long are y'all gonna keep doing this to me? You're literally breaking me apart with your words. You've come at me like ten different times now — are you not even a little embarrassed for treating me like this? And even if I DID mess up somehow, that's between me and God. But no, y'all keep making yourselves look big by using my pain as your argument. So let me be clear: God is the one who did this to me. He's the one who closed the net around me."

Job isn't denying that God is sovereign — he's telling his friends to stop playing God. Their words aren't helping. They're just piling on someone who's already down. Sometimes the worst thing you can say to someone who's suffering is "you probably deserved it." 💔

Walled In and Stripped Down 😶‍🌫️

turns his attention from his friends to what God has actually done to him. This is raw, unfiltered pain.

"I'm crying out 'Help!' and nobody answers. I'm screaming for Justice and getting nothing back. He's walled up my path so I can't move forward. He put darkness on every road I try to take. He stripped my glory, took the crown off my head. He's tearing me down from every side — I'm done. He ripped my Hope out like pulling a tree up by the roots. His anger burns against me. He treats me like an enemy. His forces came at me together, built a siege ramp, and surrounded me on all sides."

Job is describing what it feels like when God goes silent and everything falls apart at once. No exit, no light, no in sight. He's not being dramatic — he's being honest. And sometimes honesty in suffering is the most faithful thing you can do. 🙏

Ghosted by Everyone 👻

This section is one of the loneliest passages in all of . catalogs every single relationship that abandoned him.

"God put my own brothers at a distance. The people who knew me? Completely estranged. My relatives dipped. My close friends forgot I existed. The people living in my house treat me like a stranger — like I'm some random foreigner. I call my servant and he just ignores me. I literally have to beg him for help. My own wife can't stand my breath. My siblings are disgusted by me. Even little kids look down on me — when I stand up, they talk trash. Every single person I loved has turned on me. My bones are sticking through my skin. I barely made it out alive."

This is what total isolation looks like. Not just losing your health or your money — losing every person who was supposed to be there. by family, friends, servants, even kids on the street. Job isn't just suffering physically. He's suffering relationally, and that hits different. 💀

Have Mercy on Me 🥺

After listing everyone who abandoned him, turns back to his friends with one desperate request.

"Have Mercy on me. Have mercy on me. You're supposed to be my friends. The hand of God has touched me. Why are you coming after me too? Why are you piling on like God isn't already enough? Aren't you satisfied with what's already happened to me?"

The repetition of "have on me" isn't filler — it's desperation. Job isn't asking for answers anymore. He's not asking for explanations. He's just asking for compassion. When someone is going through the worst season of their life, sometimes an incredibly godly thing you can do is just be there without trying to fix it. 🫶

I Know My Redeemer Lives ✨

And then — right here, at the absolute lowest point — says something that echoes through the of and into eternity.

"I wish my words could be written down. I wish they were inscribed in a book. I wish they were carved into rock with an iron pen so they'd last forever."

(Quick context: Job got his wish. His words ARE written. You're reading them right now.)

"Because I know that my Redeemer lives. And at the end, He will stand on this earth. Even after my skin is destroyed — even after everything is gone — in my flesh, I will see God. I will see Him with my own eyes. Not someone else. Me. My heart is overwhelmed just thinking about it."

This is THE moment. In the middle of total devastation — no health, no family, no friends, no answers — Job declares that his is alive and that he will see God face to face. This isn't blind optimism. This is faith at its most raw and real. Job doesn't know when, he doesn't know how, but he knows WHO. And that's enough. 💯

The word "Redeemer" here is the goel — the family member who steps in to buy back what was lost, to rescue the helpless, to restore what was taken. Job is claiming that even though everyone has abandoned him, he has a Redeemer who hasn't. And that Redeemer is coming.

A Warning to the Squad ⚡

closes with a word of warning for his friends who keep trying to pin blame on him.

"If you're sitting there thinking 'Let's keep going after him' and 'The problem is clearly with him' — you should be afraid. Because Judgment is coming. The sword of God's wrath punishes those who deserve it. And when that day comes, you'll find out that there IS a judge."

Job flips the script. His friends have been acting like they're the , but Job reminds them that the real is God — and He sees everything. The ones pointing fingers might want to check if those fingers are first. 🎤⬇️