OUR DAILY BREAD : ASKING DIFFERENT QUESTIONS

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July 9
Wednesday


ASKING
DIFFERENT
QUESTIONS

READ:
Job 38:1-11
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where were you
when I laid the foundations of the
earth? __Job 38:4
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When tragedy strikes, questions follow. Our loss of a loved one may lead us to ask God any number of pointed questions: "Why did You let this happen?" "Whose fault was this?" Believe me, as the grieving father of a teenager who died tragically I have asked these very questions.

The book of Job records the questions Job asks as he sits down with friends to lament his suffering. He had lost his family as well as his health and possessions. At one point, he asks, "Why is light given to him who is in misery, and life to the bitter of soul?" (3:20). Later, he asks, "What strength do I have, that I should hope?" (6:11). And, "Does it seem good to You that You should oppress?" (10:3). Many have stood near a head-stone placed too early and asked similar questions.

But when you read all the way to the end of the book, you get a surprise. When God responds to Job (chs. 38-41), He does it in an unexpected way. He turns the tables and asks Job questions__different questions that show His wisdom and sovereignty. Questions about His magnificent creation__the earth, stars, and sea. And the questions all point to this: God is sovereign. God is all-powerful. God is love And God knows what He is doing. __Dave Brannon

``````````````````````````````We comprehend Him not,```````````````````````````
``````````````````````````````Yet earth and heaven tell,``````````````````````````
``````````````````````````God sits as sovereign on the throne,```````````````````````
``````````````````````````And ruleth all things well. __Gerhardt``````````````````````
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Our greatest comfort in sorrow
Is to know that God is in control.

**************************************Today's Bible Reading __ Job 38:1-11********************************

1 Then the LORD answered
Job out of the whrilwind,
and said:

2 "Who is this who
darkens counsel by words
without knowledge? 3 Now
prepare you yourself like a
man; I will question you,
and you shall answer Me.

4 "Where were you when
i laid the foundations
of the earth? Tell Me, if
you have understanding.

5 Who determined its
measurements? Surely you
know! Or who stretched
the line upon it? 6 To
what were its foundations
fastened? Or who laid
its cornerstone, 7 when
the morning stars sang
together, and all the sons of
God shouted for joy?

8 "Or who shut in the sea
with doors, when it burst
forth and issued from the
womb; 9 when I made
the clouds its garment,
and thick darkness its
swaddling band; 10 when I
fixed My limit for it, and
set bars and doors; 11 when
I said, 'This far you may
come, but no farther, and
here your proud waves
must stop!' "

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Our familiarity with the story of Job may cause us to overlook some
of the significant aspects of his story. It is important to notice the
unity of the book of Job. The wisdom, power, and control that God
asks Job to consider in chapters 38-41 is the same wisdom, power,
and control we read about in the opening chapters when God allows
Satan to turn Job's life upside down and inside out. We should not
disconnect God's wisdom seen in the world around us from the
wisdom with which He works in our lives.