Then the Lord said to Job from the whirlwind: "Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorant words? Brace yourself like a man, because I have some questions for you, and you must answer them. Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell me, if you know so much. Who determined it's dimensions and stretched out the surveying line? What supports it's foundations, and who laid it's cornerstone as the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?Who kept the sea inside it's boundaries as it burst from the womb, and as I clothed it with clouds and wrapped it in thick darkness? For I locked it behind barred gates, limiting it's shores. I said, 'This far and no farther will you come. Here your proud waves must stop!"Taken from Job 38:4-11, NLT
This is what I'm reading in my sweet daily read Bible from Janet. I never thought of Job as the book to make me feel the love of the Lord, but there it is. "Who am I...?", said the Psalmist, and "who am I" is what I say, too.
ReplyDeleteThis "I Am" knows every hair on my head and all the internal workings of my very flawed heart and mind, and yet calls me His own. How can a person not bow down to and be moved by all that?
Wow, powerful words from the book of Job! Makes me long for that quiet heart again - and marvel that a God such as this cares for me. Thanks for sharing!
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