If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. Job 14:14 KJV
When people die, will they live again? That is a question most of us have asked at some point, usually when a loved one has died. In such moments we often feel discouraged and a bit hopeless. Job’s statement however was not indicating fear of death or a sense of hopelessness about death, instead it indicated confidence. Job’s faith shines through. He looks beyond the grave to the resurrection. He understood death to only be for a set time, to be followed by a change. Paul says something similar in 1 Corinthians 15:51. There he indicates that we shall not all die but we will all be changed, speaking of the resurrection of our bodies. If Job had reason for hope, how much more we should because of Christ.
Lord, how grateful I am that death does not get the victory over us but because of Your work on the cross and through the resurrection we have hope beyond the grave. Because You live, we shall live also.
