Job 19:7

Behold, I cry out of wrong, but am not answered,

   I call out, but there is no judgement.

I was reading my daily chapter from Corinthians and was reminded that among Christians, we should not seek judgment from unbelievers. Our understanding of right and wrong only comes from God, through the Holy Spirit, and especially when reading His Word. So, why would we go to those who deny God to get a decision on something? I am always telling my wife how it should be, but she always tosses back that nothing is the way it should be.

‘Wrong’ was also ‘Violence!’, ‘I’ve been wronged!’, or ‘Outrage!’. ‘Not answered’ was also ‘not heard’ or ‘get no response’.

‘Call’ was also ‘cry’ repeated or ‘shout’. Note cry in stitch one was also scream once, but I ignored it. ‘Judgement’ was also ‘justice’.

This verse reinforces that if we ask God a question we know the answer to, we will not hear back from Him. Job is begging for an answer, but he never gets it. Job knows that God stands above us and asks us to trust in Him. When we do so, it may not always be great, but the ending will be.

Now that I have people at work that I am responsible for, I am running into human resources issues that I never wanted to deal with. We all have problems, and some seem very simple until the consequences are just too big to ignore. I once had the opportunity to manage my company’s secretaries (as they were known at the time), and I freaked out at the thought of naïve little me having to deal with people being late, leaving early, not getting their job done, and having sex in the stairwell. So that might have been a salesperson and the person that got the job I didn’t take, but still I was not up for that.

Back in the day, I would have been less tolerant of any of the issues I listed, but especially not getting the work done. A manager has to look out for the best interests of the company and not necessarily for the people involved. I heard lots of stories about how my corporate tenure coincided with unacceptable sexual activity and outright theft that was tolerated to help the company. God really protected me during my period there and got me out before I was too negatively impacted by tainted people. God has always protected me, and I am glad I know enough to share and glorify Him.

Written 10/25/25, Posted 12/26/25, Job 437/~1070