1390. Job Covered with Ashes

Job Covered with Ashes

"And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes" (Job_2:8).

The picture we have before us is a picture of untold humiliation. How different is the vision of Job sitting among the ashes, to the vision of Job as described in chapter 29!

Job thus recounts his past: "I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; when I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street! The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up. * * I delivered the poor that cried, * * The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me."

Now Job, the man who once had plenty, who once was so greatly loved, becomes impoverished and sits alone.

The type is plain, the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, Who lived in the presence of the Highest, Who was worshiped of angels, became in fashion as a man and humbled Himself.

He walked along the way to the Cross, and was crucified. Think of the ignominy He suffered: the Bible says that He bore shame and spitting.

There hung the Son of God, exposed to the gazing glare of a mocking crowd. His wounds were inflamed, His nerves were stretched, and His visage was marred.

Yet, our Lord despised the shame, and endured the Cross.

Autor: R.E. NEIGHBOUR