(Job 19 | Chapter XIV of Jessie Penn-Lewis’s *The Story of Job*)
“For I know that my redeemer liveth…” —Job 19:25 (KJV)
Job is crushed—but not silent.
Chapter 19 is a sacred echo through the centuries.
From the ashes of grief, Job raises a cry that still shakes the soul:
“I know that my redeemer liveth…” (v.25)
The Depth of His Pain
Before this declaration, Job pours out his loneliness:
– “He hath put my brethren far from me…”
– “My kinsfolk have failed…”
– “I am repulsive to my wife…”
– “Young children despised me…”
He is rejected by people—and seemingly by God.
Jessie Penn-Lewis writes:
“There is no trial so great as to suffer and be alone—misunderstood, abandoned, and unvindicated.”
But Then Comes the Declaration
In the midst of this brokenness, Job rises in faith:
“For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth…”
“And though… worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God…”
This is resurrection faith.
Penn-Lewis explains:
“Here is a flame lit by the Spirit. Job sees the unseen—Christ, the Redeemer, standing in the end.”
It’s not just theology—it’s personal: “I shall see God.”
This Was Never About Punishment—It Was Revelation
This moment reveals the true purpose of Job’s suffering.
It was not punitive—it was revelatory.
– Not just that God is just.
– Not merely that Job was innocent.
– But that **there is a living Redeemer**, and that **Job will see Him with his own resurrected eyes**.
This is not only endurance through suffering—it is prophetic vision birthed by suffering.
Jessie Penn-Lewis shows that:
“This is the true purpose of the fire: not to burn Job, but to refine and reveal.”
Job, the afflicted servant, becomes Job the prophet—seeing Christ before the cross.
Faith Not Built on Outcome, But on a Person
Job doesn’t say, “I know I’ll be vindicated.”
He says, “I know my Redeemer lives.”
There’s a difference.
His hope is not in restoration—but in relationship.
This is what sustains a soul when nothing else remains.
A Word for the Abandoned
To anyone who feels:
– Forgotten by friends
– Accused without cause
– Alone in suffering
Job says: “You’re not alone. I’ve been there. And I saw Him.”
Overcomer’s Checkpoint
1. When others abandon me, do I cling to Christ?
2. Can I say with Job: “In my flesh I shall see God”?
3. Is my hope grounded in outcomes—or in the living Redeemer?
“Job’s friends took his reputation. Suffering took his health. But nothing could take his Redeemer.” —Jessie Penn-Lewis