EUPHORIA Devotional (The spirit of joy, an ecstasy that comes from God) February 24, 2026 GOD HAS FOUND YOUR RANSOM REV. AROME E. TOKULA Job 33:23-24 23 “If there is a messenger for him, A MEDIATOR, one among a thousand, to SHOW MAN HIS UPRIGHTNESS,* 24 Then He is GRACIOUS TO HIM, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down to the Pit; I HAVE FOUND A RANSOM.’” The fall of man in the garden of Eden necessitated a mediator! Man needed a priest (a mediator) to stand in the gap for him and be his go-between and it is interesting to note that God was man's first priest. Genesis 3:21 (TPT) says, “Yahweh-God made garments from ANIMAL SKINS to clothe Adam and Eve.” This was God performing priestly duties for Adam and Eve! Like the good Father that He is, he wasn’t out to expose their nakedness, rather He wanted them covered because, “… LOVE will COVER a multitude of SINS” (1 Peter 4:8). As Adam’s Priest, God made atonement for him; a perfect covering through the sacrifice of an innocent animal in the garden which is a type of Jesus – the guiltless One who took our place and paid for our sins. Reading about Job’s ordeal and the many things he suffered; one might want to accept whatever the devil throws at him/her as their lot in life but a careful study of the book of Job reveals that Job’s ordeal was because he didn’t have a mediator! The gap between fallen man and God is so wide that without a mediator man would be hopeless and for Job, scripture says he didn't have one who will stand in for him, plead His case and avert judgment. In Job 9:33-34 (MSG) he prayed, 33 How I wish we had an ARBITRATOR to step in and LET ME GET ON WITH LIFE 34 To BREAK GOD'S DEATH GRIP ON ME, to free me from this terror so I could breathe again.” Your case doesn’t have to be like Job because you have an arbitrator (mediator) in the man Jesus! 1 Timothy 2:5 says, “For there is one God and one MEDIATOR between God and men, THE MAN CHRIST JESUS.” According to our text, the work of a mediator is to show man his righteousness and Jesus is the only person that presents us qualified before the Father and truly shows us that we are righteous and upright (2 Corinthians 5:21; Colossians 1:22). Our text says, “Then He is GRACIOUS TO HIM, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down to the Pit; I HAVE FOUND A RANSOM’” (Job 33:24). Where God sees a ransom, His grace goes to work. God is gracious to us because of Jesus. While we find a mediator in Jesus who shows us our righteousness which He has given to us, God looks at Jesus and He sees a ransom who He offered for us! Because God has found a ransom, you are delivered from every form of harm and danger. Be ever conscious of your mediator in very situation and enjoy total deliverance today because God has found a ransom for you! DECLARE I am not without hope in this world because Jesus is my ransom who has delivered me from evil and averted the justice due me. Thank You Lord Jesus for stepping in and taking my place on the cross; now I look to You and live. The power of death over my life is broken in Jesus name PONDER While we find a mediator in Jesus who shows us our righteousness which He has given to us, God looks at Jesus and He sees a ransom who He offered for us! #IOFWithPastorArome #MorningDevotion #Euphoria #Devotional #February #LivingHope #2026_RevelationAndUprise