One of Job’s most amazing confessions points to the One we know now as the Lord Jesus Christ. The Apostle John called Him our Advocate with the Father (I John 2:1). He is our Witness in Heaven. There was no written revelation to help Job’s faith even though the confessions born in Job’s heart reached for the only One Who could stand for him before God.

At that time there were, however, developing concepts of piety like those of his friends. Their idea was that suffering came as the result of wrong in one’s life. Job knew the judgment coming from his friends was unjust. He knew there was no cause in his life that brought the calamity he suffered. But, what he felt in his heart was not sufficient to bring him guiltless before God. He needed an Advocate with the Father. As if by a stroke of God’s mercy, while little was yet known of mercy, Job reached toward heaven and declared by faith, Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high.—Job 16:19 (TNIV)  

Because the judgment of our own heart is not sufficient to justify us before God we must have a viable Witness in Heaven. This passage from Hebrews testifies to us of this Witness Who is now standing before God in our behalf.

Hebrews 4:14-16—Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. Let us then approach God's throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. (TNIV)  

DEAR SAVIOR, I praise You for the Love that caused You to redeemed me with Your Own blood. Thank you for holding me as I walk through the shadows, and for understanding me when no one else seems to. Thank You for putting hope in my heart when there doesn’t seem to be any way things can work out. Please put hope and faith in these whose names I now call before You. Help them see how much You love them despite the circumstances of their lives.