Job 38-42
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Wow! The Lord
Speaks! These are some crazy and
awesome chapters.
God not only takes away Job’s afflictions; He blesses him more
than he was ever before! But
before that, what God says might be a little surprising. All along Job has stayed faithful
believing in God, but the one thing he keeps asking for is to see God face to
face to ask Him why. God shows up
and tells Job to brace himself … almost like, well, you asked for it, so here
it goes!
God actually doesn’t tell Job the why for his suffering. He could have. He could have let him in on the
conversation that went on with Satan in the beginning of the book, but He
didn’t. Instead, He offers Job
perspective. God reminds him that
He is the designer, creator, and keeper of the whole world and everything in
it. So how can a man understand
God’s ways?
I love that God uses sarcasm! “Surely you know, for you were already born! You have lived so many years!” Yikes! I also love to hear how God speaks of His awesome creation. He designed and is mindful of every
little detail in nature.
What God says might seem a little harsh toward Job after all his
suffering; especially knowing that God is still pleased with Job. He calls him “my servant,” and commends
Job for speaking “what is right.”
Job had wanted to know the why
for all his suffering; God knew that what Job needed was to know that God was in control. Job wouldn’t be able to have everything
all figured out all the time because he was not God.
I’m not the one who has the whole world in my hands, so I will
trust in the One who does.
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