Job believed in God, but after a series of severe trials, he began to question the fairness of God. In fact, it was Satan who attacked Job and took away his riches and health temporarily. God restored them. But first, God responded to Job’s questioning by reminding Job of who He is. Below are a few of the questions that God posed to Job...
“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me if you understand.”
“Have you ever given orders to the morning, or shown the dawn its place?”
“Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth? Tell me if you know all this. What is the way to the abode of light? And where does darkness reside?”
“Have you entered the storehouses of the snow or seen the storehouses of the hail?”
“Who gives the ibis wisdom or gives the rooster understanding?”
“Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn?”
“Do you give the horse its strength or clothe its neck with a flowing mane?”
“Does the eagle soar at your command and build its nest on high?”
“Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him? Let him who accuses God answer Him!” [1]
Job answered the Lord: “I am unworthy—how can I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth. I spoke once, but I have no answer—twice, but I will say no more.” [2]
I wonder how many of us have like Job questioned God and not realized to whom we are talking? Have we considered God’s bumblebees, His hummingbirds, His 369,000 species of flowering plants, His billion trillion stars, His whales, His butterflies, His snowflakes, and His lightning and thundering? These were all created and are sustained by Him.
Jesus taught, “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” [3] The eye of the needle is that short doorway in the city wall where a man must unload his camel’s burdens before he can get his camel through that short entrance way. Sometimes the only way a rich man can learn of the greatness of God is by being stripped of everything. Then, he will fear, love and trust God above all things. Better to learn this lesson before one dies than to learn it when standing face to face with God Almighty.
Elizabeth Prentiss wrote, “Once earthly joy I craved, sought peace and rest; Now Thee alone I seek, give what is best. This all my prayer shall be, more love, O Christ, to Thee, more love to Thee, more love to Thee.” [4]
May this be so! The first and great commandment is... “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.” [5]
Oh and by the way, Jesus, whom the world disregards, just happens to be the same One who created and sustains all things: “For in Him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, powers, rulers, or authorities; all things have been created through Him and for Him. He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.” [6] Blessing, glory and praise be unto the Name of Jesus Christ!
[1] Job 38:4, 12, 18-19, 22, 36; 39:1, 19, 27; 40:2
[2] Job 40:3-5
[3] Matthew 19:24
[4] 2nd stanza of “More Love to Thee, O Christ”
[5] Matthew 22:37-38
[6] Colossians 1:16-17
Bearing witness to the Word of God and to the testimony of Jesus!
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