YOU NEED A DAYSMAN

YOU NEED A DAYSMAN!

Job 9:32-33

32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.

33 Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.

           The word “daysman” occurs only once in all the Authorized Version! A clue to the meaning of the word is the phrase: “that [he] might lay his hand upon us both.” The original word is mowkiyach and means “an arbiter; one who is, by the consent of both parties, to judge between them and to settle their differences.” (Loosely from Adam Clarke’s Commentary)

           Job had issues! He was a meticulously religious man and yet God was pouring down fierce and horrible things. Job had thoroughly searched his heart and found no sin worthy of such punishment. God was silent! Job needed someone who had status with both God and man; someone who could stand in the middle and “lay his hand on us both.”

           Along comes Jesus who is every bit God and who is every bit man. We now have a high priest who CAN be touched with our same feelings. He is very aware of our weaknesses. He was tempted in ALL points just like we are yet He did not sin. He alone is able to lay his hand upon the shoulder of the Almighty and upon the shoulder of the weakest man. He is our Daysman! He will judge righteous judgment.

1 Tim 2:5-6

5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.

          The word mediator in the verse above is the Greek word mesites and literally means an “internunciator; a go-between.” Jesus is the daysman that Job wished for centuries ago. Run to Him and let Him plead your case and your cause.

Dear Lord, thank you for being my “daysman.” Thank you for laying your hand on both me and the Father. AMEN