- Have you commanded the morning since your days began, and caused the dawn to know its place…Job38:12 – “Have you” can be found multiple times in this chapter where God answers back to Job. He asks Job have you entered into the depths of the sea, or have you seen where the light starts, or have the gates of death been revealed to you? Of course to Job the answer would be no, but for God, it would be answered yes. He has seen all this and He was there in the beginning of all things. This chapter is to show the majesty of God compared the the humble nature of man. Not that God seeks to make us feel like dirt, but to remind us that God’s much bigger than we are. Maybe today you too need a reminder that He is bigger than you. That the struggle on your shoulders that is crippling you is an easy load for someone like God if given to Him. Maybe though we too need some humbling. Either way today let’s dwell on the greatness of God. Not by putting ourselves down but by placing Him in our minds at the height He truly is at. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1490
- Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding. Job 38:4 – God now speaks into this whole situation. Yet, without directly answering Job’s or his friend’s answers, God quickly establishes His greatness over theirs. This chapter is filed with questions like verse 4. Questions that could only be answered with, “Only you Lord,” “No I haven’t,” or just plain silence. Take note that God isn’t here seeking to humiliate Job by all this, God though is seeking to show He is far different than Job or any of the miserable comforters that have surrounded him this whole time. God is far greater, far wiser, and far more powerful than any man. With such a vast separation between our might and God’s, and our understanding and God’s, God is calling us to trust Him. If we can’t even make the sun rise one day, then let’s trust the One who has each and every day since creation. While it can be difficult to let go of control, reading over a chapter like this one can help us see that God can handle things far better than we can. Trust whatever it is to the Lord and let Him work how only He can. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2663
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