Mon.’s Devo - God’s Sovereignty

Read: Job 40:1-42:17, 2 Co. 5:11-21, Ps. 45:1-17, Pr. 22:14 When God finally speaks, He puts Job in his place and Job quickly humbles himself. Job promises never to speak to God again, but God tells him to be a man and answer Him. God really does want a relationship with us even though He doesn’t need anything from us. God wants to talk to Job and set some things right. It is time for Job to get some answers and have his curse taken away. God begins by proclaiming His sovereignty over creation. I think he names Leviathan because even though it was a literal sea monster, it is a picture of Satan. He declares that Satan is under His control just like a fish is on the end of a hook. Satan is God’s slave for ever. He sums it up by saying everything under heaven belongs to Him. The devil might seem strong and fearful, but not to God. Jesus defeated him and now Satan is under our feet. Job concludes that all his wisdom is nothing compared to God’s. Job had knowledge of God before, but now he has experienced God and Job sees his sin and repents. What a picture of salvation. We can know who God is and fear him but when we experience Him we are totally changed. God reversed all the evil that Satan had been allowed to bring and allowed Job to pray for his friends and get his double portion of God’s blessing. Paul does a great job of summing up what Job experienced. When God reveals to us who he is we become a new creation; the old is gone and the new has come. Job got a foretaste of the salvation to come in Jesus. Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; the scepter of Your kingdom is the right scepter.