Wed.’s Devo - God Questions.

Read Job 38:24- 39:18 God continues to ask them questions about his creation. He describes how he waters and cares for land that man doesn’t even use or see. God brings attention to the rain, the dew, the frost and the deeps of the sea. Then he moves to the sky and its mysteries. He speaks of “sweet Pleiades” which is a cluster of 7 stars that appear in the spring. And of the bands of Orion which is a constellation that pictures a giant chained to the sky. God asks the men if they can bring the zodiac into sight at the right time of the year, or if they can guide Arcturus with his sons which is Ursa Major and perhaps the three stars in his tail. He asks them if they know the meaning of these constellations. Can they call down rain or lighting? Who is the author of wisdom or understanding? Who knows the number of clouds or can control what happens in the heavens? Who feeds the lions and the ravens or knows when the wild goats bring forth their young? Their babies grow up and leave to never return. The wild asses live out in the barren wilderness and who takes care of them? Can man tame a unicorn to be a work animal? Who gave the peacock its beautiful feathers or the ugly ones to the ostrich? The ostrich lays eggs and doesn’t even sit on them or tend to them. She doesn’t love her babies or care for them because God made her that way. Reading this makes me think of people and how we use the excuse “we were just made that way” to act the way we want to. I know some of that is true but the difference between man and the other creatures is that we were chosen to have free will and wisdom. We can be redeemed and transformed into God’s image if we choose. Lord, help us not to judge others but to pray God’s redemptive grace to change us all.