06/12/2013 BE MINDFUL
Job 38: Then The Lord answered Job from the whirlwind: (4) Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell me, if you know so much...(12) Have you ever once commanded the morning to appear, and cause the dawn to rise in the east?... (24) Where is the path to the distribution point of light? Where is the home of the east wind? (27) Who laid out the path for the lightening...(28) Where does dew come from? [Living Bible translation.]
Summary:
Job was a family man. He was a wealthy and healthy man. Everything was going right and then suddenly everything that could go wrong did go wrong. Job lost his children. Job lost his home. He lost his wealth and he lost his health. All of Job's material possessions just disappeared. Job's wife was angry about what happening to them. Job's friends did not seem like friends at all. Job tried to make sense of what was happening in his life but he just could not figure it out. Job's friends assumed that it must be Job's fault. When Job tried to "talk it out" with God, but GOD reminded him through a series of questions of that only GOD is GOD. Through a series of questions Job was reminded of his limitations. When Job could not answer GOD's questions, Job realized that he could not "question" GOD or comprehend HIS ways. Job became mindful that he was dealing in matters that a human mind simply "cannot understand"---- things far "too wonderful for him" to know. (Job 42:3) Job became mindful that he had to come to GOD in FAITH.