Sat.’s Devo- God Speaks

Read: Job 37:1-39:30; 2 Corinthians 3:13-5:10; Psalm 44:9-26; Proverbs 22:13
Elihu finishes his speech about the wonders of God in the storm. Man hears his voice in the thunder, sees his lightning and feels his rain and snow. After giving all the wisdom he knows about God he concludes that God does not consider those who think themselves wise. (I wonder if he put himself in that category. I’m sure he was blinded to how that sounded.)
Finally God speaks!!!! I am always so glad to finally end Job because it is exhausting to listen to Job get so beat up under the condemnation of his friends. He begins with telling Job to stand up and brace himself because God has some questions to ask him. He calls Job’s words ignorant but he is about to show him what is true. He starts out by asking Job how he knows so much if he wasn’t even there when God made the earth.
When God created the earth, he set up boundaries for the sea, God called up the light to chase the wickedness of darkness away. He asks Job if he had ever gone to the bottom of the ocean to know what was there. He hid the wicked so they would not see the light. How would Job know everything if he has never seen it or been there when it all happened at the creation.
God explains that he has storehouses for snow and hail to use in battle. Hail was one of the plagues of Egypt and according to Revelations will be used to destroy the earth in the end.
God talks of the stars as if they are friends of his that he named and he marches them across the sky in a procession each having a different affect on the earth below. God asks Job if he determines when it will rain or when the clouds will gather.
Then God asks if Job can put wisdom inside of a person’s soul or give their mind understanding. God moves on to the animals that man could not observe because they could never get that close to them. Every minute thing about the different animals, God created and watches over.
We now have cameras that can watch animals from a distance and show us the wonders of God’s creation. We also have underwater cameras that can observe the creatures under the sea. God is opening up man’s knowledge of his great creation to give us a closer look at his wonders. He is letting us see, inviting us closer so we can know him more.
Paul puts all this in perspective when he says that this earth is not our final resting place. We have a heavenly dwelling place that is waiting for us in heaven. Our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we have to fix our eyes on that promise of eternity.