Read Job 38:1-7 and 34-41

Tuesday

Read Job 38:1-7 and 34-41

Then out of the storm the Lord spoke to Job.

²Who are you to question my wisdom

with your ignorant, empty words?

³Now stand up straight

and answer the questions I ask you.

⁴Were you there when I made the world?

If you know so much, tell me about it.

⁵Who decided how large it would be?

Who stretched the measuring line over it?

Do you know all the answers?

⁶What holds up the pillars that support the earth?

Who laid the cornerstone of the world?

⁷In the dawn of that day the stars sang together,

and the heavenly beings^q shouted for joy.

³⁴Can you shout orders to the clouds

and make them drench you with rain?

³⁵And if you command the lightning to flash,

will it come to you and say, “At your service”?

³⁶Who tells the ibis^s when the Nile will flood,

or who tells the cock that rain will fall?^t

³⁷Who is wise enough to count the clouds

and tilt them over to pour out the rain,

³⁸rain that hardens the dust into lumps?

³⁹Do you find food for lions to eat,

and satisfy hungry young lions

⁴⁰when they hide in their caves,

or lie in wait in their dens?

⁴¹Who is it that feeds the ravens when they wander about hungry, when their young cry to me for food?

Think

For 37 chapters Job and his friends debate why he is going through such a great ordeal and Job waits to ask God.  But when God speaks - he does not listen to Job, he reveals his power and majesty.

Job reminds us of God's majesty and power - this is only one side - when we read the gospels we discover God's tender mercy offered through Jesus.

Pray

Just like the Psalm - this reading from Job invites us to consider God's majesty.  To submit to God's glory and power.