April 30, 2026
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Reading along with us in Job? Here’s today’s reading:
Job 38 (NIV)
The Lord Speaks
1 Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm. He said:
2“Who is this that obscures my plans
with words without knowledge?…..Continue Reading
A whirlwind; powerful, sudden, intense, unpredictable. An example we use when we feel like things are just so out of control and yet God answers in a whirlwind. A true demonstration of His authority and power! He has His way even in a whirlwind. God answers Job which I think is appropriate as Job is the only one that ever directly asked God throughout all these interactions. Ultimately the way He answered annd the words of His answer just support what we all already knew, we cannot understand God’s ways and plans. We are so limited and He is infinite, we are weak and He is strong and His entrance here quickly reminds everyone of that fact!
Finally God speaks so we can depend on the truth and reason of what He says. I love how He says His plans have been obscured by the words all of them have said, because they could never have imagined why God did what He did. And as much as they want to question God as to why, He will question them and ask them to answer Him. And all God’s questions point to His grandeur and glory and leaves us all with the thought….why would I ever question Him. I just love the way God speaks of the intricacies of His creation and His control and care for it. It will be amazing to see in heaven all He alludes to here and be in awe of Him as we always should be….
Job 38
Job 38
What a beautiful description of God’s power and majesty! I especially like the idea of shaking the wicked out of the earth.
“Have you ever given orders to the morning, or shown the dawn its place, that it might take the earth by the edges and shake the wicked out of it?”
Job 38:12-13 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/job.38.12-13.NIV
Job 38
When the Lord speaks, everybody listens. Who created all things great and small, God did! We believe in him and God calls us his own. And our God guides us, protects us and cares for us. We can trust him and we have nothing to fear!
What a humbling passage, not only to Job and his friends, but to all mankind. I thought to myself, God said this…was there a prophet or man to transcribe this?