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Job 38-39 Daily Reading
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Job 38 & 39 - Job has been looking for answers for 37 chapters, in chapter 38 & 39 God will finally answer Job. However, Job does not receive the answer he hoped for (see the bottom for the answer).
Job 38-39 - God goes between referring to Himself as "I" and also starts referring to Himself in the third person, something that is questionably acceptable in today's culture. Just a thought.
Job 38:4 - God points out to Job that even creation itself is way beyond his understanding.
Q - What does God's comment in Job 38:4 tell us about God and our understanding of His nature?
Job 38 & 39 - God does not seemingly heal Job prior to answering him. In fact, He doesn't seem to be healed until after he prays for his "friends" forgiveness (Job 42:10). Just a thought.
Job 38 & 39 - God uses the following phrases when speaking to Job: Have you... Can you... Do you know, etc. God is not seeking an answer from Job, nor a response back from Him. God will tell Job the answer to all his questions...
The Answer = I am Majestic!
God is displaying his majesty before Job, and Job is listening, most likely in fear/reverence before Him (See Job 40:4-5). Job seeks an answer that will point to his vindication, except God tells Job that His majesty is enough of an answer to his questions.
Q - Is God's majesty enough for you? Why or Why not?
Q - Where do you see/feel the majesty of God?
Q - What is our response to the majesty of God?
So there you have it, after reading most of Job, we now get to one of the central themes...Through all our questioning, suffering, doubt, and disbelief...He continues to be Majestic!
1 comments:
So I was pondering all this reading of Job when it hit me; Job's friends are saying; your court date has come and gone and you have been found guilty, Job says; God, I want my day in court, God says; there is no court that applies to me.
God is just but there is no code of justice that he must live by. He is sovereign, he answers to no one and so he cannot be required to abide by any code. Job was appealing to a code of behavior that is simply irrelevant. God is under no requirement to act justly. I think that God was telling Job not to try and claim understanding about the deeper things when Job is totally clueless about the basics. We must then assume that because God is just and Job is being treated unjustly that something deeper and better is being accomplished. A greater justice.
God is so far beyond us that his statement "My ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts" must stand as the grandest understatement of them all.
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