How to get Exiled #19

Job 31:

 16 “If I have withheld anything that the poor desired,
    or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
17 or have eaten my morsel alone,
    and the fatherless has not eaten of it
18 (for from my youth the fatherless grew up with me as with a father,
    and from my mother's womb I guided the widow),
19 if I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing,
    or the needy without covering,
20 if his body has not blessed me,
    and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep,
21 if I have raised my hand against the fatherless,
    because I saw my help in the gate,
22 then let my shoulder blade fall from my shoulder,
    and let my arm be broken from its socket.
23 For I was in terror of calamity from God,
    and I could not have faced his majesty.

As Job thinks back over his life, he is doing to true examination of how he had lived, trying to see if there was not only anything he had done which had led to his recent disasters, but also if there was anything he had failed to do - including failing to care for widows in their hour of distress. He honestly was not able to think of any. Otherwise, he would never have stood before God and worshipped with a clear conscience and a clean heart. Like Job, we need to come back to seeking the heart of God above all else, Who truly does have a heart for the widow.  If we do not, then we do not have His heart, which is the deeper issue.