Job 38:4

 “Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand ~ Job 38:4


 

Mankind boasts on his knowledge of the sciences and the causes of creation. For secular society, it all began with a “Big Bang theory,” and not at the hand of a Creator God. Cells of animal and human life began in a cesspool and gradually formed together to develop into different creatures and mankind himself. This was the beginning of the world. Here, God is talking to Job, telling him he is not as wise as he thinks, for he was not there when God created the world; that Job could not counsel God, or understand what God is doing. It is a reminder that we cannot understand God’s ways either. We, like the world, may at times think we know it all, that we can grasp what and why things are happening when in fact we cannot. At other times, we live in confusion like Job, wondering why God is allowing something to happen to us and questioning Him as to the reasons. In Isaiah 55:8, 9 God says His thoughts are not our thoughts, nor our ways His ways. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are His ways higher than ours, and His thoughts too are higher than ours. We cannot box God into a neat package, we cannot think that we truly even know Him, for He is so much more than we can imagine or know. So, if you think you understand God, or His ways, do not be so over confident, but bow before Him in humility and seek His wisdom. Only then will He impart to you what you need to know. 

Pastor Julia

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