He is God, and that’s enough

Good morning everyone,

Our theme for this month: “Renewed hope”

Our Bible verse for today: “Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorant words?” Job 38:2 (NLT)

Our thought for today: “He is God, and that’s enough”

If you are familiar with the story of Job then you know that his is the classic story of a man who suffered in unimaginable ways for seemingly inexplicable reasons. Job himself didn’t understand what was happening and why.

For the most part, through it all Job did pretty good. His faith remained intact and he didn’t allow the ridiculous counsel of his three misguided “friends” to confuse him further. But still, Job did do his share of complaining and questioning. Not that I blame him. I would have too. And under similar circumstances, you probably would as well. Job’s complaints about his circumstances and his questions about why it was all happening were simply expressions of his grief and suffering, and they were perfectly natural.

So, we wonder why, when God finally does begin speaking in chapter thirty-eight, He is so hard on Job. In those chapters God gives Job a pretty stern talking-to. And even when Job begins to back away from his complaining and questioning, God doesn’t quickly let up on him. Why?

I believe there were two reasons God was so hard on Job in these chapters. The first was to snap him out of it. Grief, sorrow, and questioning certainly are understandable and they do have their place, but if that goes on for too long it becomes emotional quicksand and we can become mired in feeling sorry for ourselves.

Second, there was an important lesson for Job (and for us) to learn from all this: “God is God, and sometimes that has to be enough.” In other words, God is sovereign and I am not. God is all-knowing and I am not. God has all the wisdom of the universe, and I do not. God is God and I am not.

That means that there is much about God and His ways that I am completely incapable of understanding. God illustrates this point over-and-over again throughout these ending chapters with questions like, “Who is this who questions my wisdom with ignorant words?” (38:2) and, “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?” (38:4)

Sometimes there will be no good answers to why we are experiencing whatever it is that has happened. Therefore, we won’t be at peace and we won’t find renewed hope until we come to the point where we simply accept the fact that He is God, and that’s enough.

God bless,
Pastor Jim

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