Assurance of Life.

Job 24:22 "God in his power, drags away the rich.  They may rise high, but they have no assurance of life."

In this chapter Job is talking about how the wicked get away with everything.  Or so it seems.  He discusses how it seems the poor must wait for the "Almighty to bring the wicked to judgement."  Sometimes it doesn't seem fair that those who are living a life outside of the will of God and who are taking advantage of others seem to be the ones who are more successful.  If everything stopped there then Job might be right. 

But it doesn't.  In verse 22 Job says, "They may rise high, but they have no assurance of life."  This verse has dual meanings.  Initially, it means that they will die just as any other person does.  They are not guaranteed life.  They could be here today and gone tomorrow. 

The second meaning is of a spiritual nature.  Many people feel that their riches will buy them heaven.  They feel that because they are rich that it will change the status that they will receive in Heaven.  They don't realize that their riches will not get them into heaven.  In John 14:6 Jesus says that He is the way the truth and the life.  No one will get to heaven accept through Him.

This has to prick your heart.  No matter how rich or poor someone is, they are all the same in the eyes or God.  They are sinners.  If they look to Jesus for salvation, then He will save them. 

What about you?  Do you look to your self for salvation, or do you realize that there is nothing that you can do to get yourself to heaven? Take the time today to realize that you are a sinner and that you are in need of a Saviour.  Jesus is there and when asked, He will save you.