Read the Word:
Job 11:7-9
Meditate on the Word:
Job’s friend Zophar has not come to comfort him in his distress, but to accuse him. But he does make a very valid point about God being beyond mere human understanding and definitely beyond human control. This is where so many people go wrong: they think that they understand God based on very limited information. Then, knowing a tiny bit, they think themselves wise and wish to accuse God of a variety of ills, or at least complacence in the ills of the world. What we know about God is what He has revealed to us. Unfortunately, many people do not pay attention to what God has revealed about Himself already. If people paid attention to what God has already revealed about Himself and about them, they would see His wisdom and their folly.
We must recognize His rightful place and authority. We cannot stop Him from acting. We cannot require Him to give life or to take it away. Of course, we can pray and ask, but His ways are greater than our ways. How willing are we to merely submit to His instruction and worship Him only? How willing are we to avoid boxing Him in to our way of thinking? How willing are we to cede control to the Almighty?
Pray the Word:
Confess your limited understanding of God and ask Him to give you wisdom.
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