Today's thought

Today’s thought from Job 38-39

This is a fun section of scripture to read. God quite frankly may be the first published smack talker. And as if he needed to, God spends the entire chapter of 38 and 39 setting the stage for who he is. God is making it very clear here that he is in control, that nothing is happening in a vacuum, he is knowledgeable of Job and his suffering and he has the wisdom to know what course to set. Basically it is a look at what I-God have accomplished and, are your problems larger than these? In the same breath it is also a list of assurances. Look at the list, are the things Job is concerned with more difficult to overcome than these. Does his request require more ability than God has already demonstrated? Of course not. If the last verse of Chapter 39 were being written today it very well may have said, “Who’s your daddy now?” Ok maybe not, but the point remains that God is awesome power, his power can not be fathomed yet he is attentive to the smallest detail. Down to the feeding of the beasts, the rain in deserts where no one exists, and yet we are most precious of all to him.

If you want to be humbled about what we are asked to do and to be, read these two chapters and see what a full plate really looks like.