God challenged Job to answer the questions that were set before the man in chapters 38 and 39. Job did what I’m not sure I could do; he answered God. Not in response to God’s challenge but as a humbled man who had just gained a better understanding of the God whom he had served. Though it is tempting to read into God’s confrontation of Job a condemning voice I don’t believe that is what God did. I hear rather a father seeking to explain nuclear physics to his two year old son who thinks he can understand it. I believe that God’s voice was overflowing with love for righteous Job knowing that this faithful man could not comprehend how God works because no human vocabulary will ever be able to convey that truth. Maybe God was a little frustrated with the inability of Job to comprehend; because God really wanted the man to understand. I think there will be times when we face similar struggles. God won’t reject our questions or challenges, but Job’s story is to remind us that there are many things about God that we just can’t understand; no matter how hard we try. What we can take from God’s story is that he understands out limitations better than we do, and treats us with the love we need to carry on with this life.
It took me about 7 minutes to read the final part of God’s response to Job.
Stuart
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