Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Job 42:1-6
by: Dale E. Rood.
What does Job repent of? It is interesting that in verse 5 Job says that before he had only heard about God, but now he has come to know him personally. When one comes before God personally, one becomes aware of God’s awesomeness and at the same time aware of one’s own weakness and inadequacy. In such circumstances, with Job we find ourselves humbled and trusting, like a little child in the presence of his/her daddy. Repentance is as much admitting our weakness in the face of God’s greatness and subsequent trust in his sufficiency, as it is admitting our sins and trusting him to cleanse us of unrighteousness.