January 29, 2011
When you read these chapters the only thing you can think to say is: "Majesty, worship His Majesty."
Up until now in the book of Job everyone was talking "about" God as if He was absent and not hearing them. Now they are face to face with the living God. By my count God asked Job 65 questions in these chapters. 65!!
"Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?"
Addendum: The LORD—He is the One!!! These chapters ought to be required reading every few days. If you ever start to put your "self" on the throne, these verses will quickly put everything back into the right perspective. The LORD is God; we are not!! Job was a self-sufficient and "honest and innocent man, honoring God, and staying away from evil" because it was the right thing to do. But for the first time he came face to face with the Almighty God and his response was, "I am not worthy; I cannot answer you anything." When you begin to grasp who the LORD God Almighty is the only response you can give is "I am not worthy."
When you read these chapters the only thing you can think to say is: "Majesty, worship His Majesty."
Up until now in the book of Job everyone was talking "about" God as if He was absent and not hearing them. Now they are face to face with the living God. By my count God asked Job 65 questions in these chapters. 65!!
"Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?"
"God's questions aren't intended to teach; they are intended to stun. They aren't intended to enlighten; they are intended to awaken. They aren't intended to stir the mind; they are intended to bend the knees..." ~ From In the Eye of the Storm by Max LucadoAnd that is what it does. "Majesty, worship His Majesty."
Addendum: The LORD—He is the One!!! These chapters ought to be required reading every few days. If you ever start to put your "self" on the throne, these verses will quickly put everything back into the right perspective. The LORD is God; we are not!! Job was a self-sufficient and "honest and innocent man, honoring God, and staying away from evil" because it was the right thing to do. But for the first time he came face to face with the Almighty God and his response was, "I am not worthy; I cannot answer you anything." When you begin to grasp who the LORD God Almighty is the only response you can give is "I am not worthy."
PSALM 8
O LORD, our Lord, How majestic is YOUR name in all the earth.You have set YOUR glory above the heavens. From the lips of children and infants YOU have ordained praise because of YOUR enemies, to silence the foe and avenger.When I consider YOUR heavens, the work of YOUR fingers, the moon and the stars which YOU have set in place, what is man that YOU are mindful of him, the son of man that YOU care for him? YOU made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.YOU made him ruler over the works of YOUR hands; YOU put everything under his feet: all flocks and herds, and beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the fish of the seas, all that swim in the paths of the sea.
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