Job 9-10

 “For though I were right, I could not answer; I would have to implore the mercy of my judge” (9:15). Job’s helplessness forced him to recognize that a huge gulf separates humans from God; we are in need of mercy. “How can a man be in the right before God?” (v2). Job didn’t know how to approach the Maker of heaven and earth, because “there is no umpire between us” (v33). Knowing he needed a mediator, Job was hesitant to plead his case.

Jesus the Mediator has done His work. We can talk with God without fear, as beloved children, because we have been declared holy.