Thurs.’s Devo - All Powerful God

Read Job 39:19 - 40:16 God describes the majesty of the horse that he made. God made him a weapon of war who is fearless and glorious. He loves the smell of battle. Then he moves to the hawk and the eagle that are fascinating in their strengths. God gave them both wisdom to fly and dwell on the rock with eyes that can see long distances. Both of them being a picture of a prophet that abides on the rock of Jesus and can see far into the past and into the future. Then God condensed his questions to Job in one sentence: “Shall he that contends with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproves God, let him answer it.” In other words: is there anything Job needs to teach God since God is the creator of all wisdom and all the earth? If so then God is ready to listen. Needless to say Job was humbled and realizes his sinful state. He has nothing to say and is ashamed of what he has said in the past. He has decided to be quiet. So God speaks again from the whirlwind. He is now addressing Job personally. He rebukes Job for questioning his judgment. He asks him if he has power or majesty or excellency or glory like God does. Can he bring down the proud or destroy the wicked from the face of the earth? If he can then he can save himself. God also shows Job that if he cannot bring under control the lowly creatures like behemoth on land and leviathan in the water, he is probably not capable of ruling the world. Sometimes it is frustrating to know that we really don’t have power to do anything on our own and when we try it ends in disaster. The sooner we realize our total dependence on God the easier life becomes. Then we are free to allow God to do it through us. Lord, help us to give up our ways and allow you to orchestrate our lives. You are the great conductor and the only one that can make music from chaos.