Thursday, August 30, 2018

OT: The Book of Job, Chapter 41

Job 41:1-34

41:1-11 God pointed that the as the creator of all, He was able to tame even the wildest beast. Job was not. We are not. There are so many things we are not able to do, but as soon as we recognize God as the authority of our life (and all life), are insufficiency becomes irrelevant. 

Job forget God's perfect authority and subsequently spent a chunk of his life in a deep state of lament. In a way, it is an insult to God for us to worry and to doubt. He has written to us of His righteousness and we see evidence of His creation, and truth, all around. 

41:12-34 The things, people, and situations in life that are entirely impossible for us are easy for God. What intimidates us does not even phase God. And yet a switch takes place within these verses: the symbol of the Leviathan becomes a symbol for Satan and evil in the world. Without God, we would be tempted and consumed. God is our only efficient power against the forces working against us. 

It becomes clear that the purpose for God's speech is not to reprimand Job, necessarily, but to urge him back into the safety of His reign. God's authority is our best protection and provision. So much is stronger than us and smarter than us but with God, those things are crushed to nothing. It was so dangerous for Job to doubt God; without his faith, he would have died spiritually and physically.