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November 6
Thursday


HORSE POWER

READ:
Job 39:19-25
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I will praise You, for
I am fearfully and
wonderfully made.
__Psalm 139:14
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Think for a moment of the power, beauty, and majesty of a galloping horse__his head held high, his mane flying in the wind, and his legs working in unison to provide speed, power, and abandon.

What a wonderful example of God's magnificent creation is the horse! God's magnificent creation is the horse! God created it not just for our amazement and enjoyment but also as a complement to the human race (Job 39). Properly trained, the horse is fearless when we need a courageous companion. The horse was used to carry the soldier faithfully into conflict with speed (v.24) and anticipation (v.25).

Although God was using creation to teach Job about His sovereignty, we can also be reminded through this passage about our own value in God's world. We are created not simply as a beautiful creature with a job to do but also as a creature made in God's image. The power of the horse is amazing, but the value of each human transcends all other creatures.

God created us uniquely to have a relationship with Him and to live with Him forever. While we praise God for the magnificence of the creatures of nature, we also stand in awe that we are "fearfully and wonderfully made" (Ps. 139:14).
__Dave Branon

```````````````Thank You, our Almighty God and Father, for Your````````````````
`````````````````creation. You have provided so many majestic`````````````````
```````````````creatures for us to enjoy, but help us to recognize with````````````
```````````````thankfulness the special place we have in creation.```````````````
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Of all God's creation, only humans
can experience re-creation.

*****************************Today's Bible Reading __ Job 39:19-25**************************

19 Have you given the
horse strength? Have you
clothed his neck with
thunder? 20 Can you
frighten him like a locust?
His majestic snorting strikes
terror. 21 He paws in the
valley, and rejoices in his
strength; he gallops into the
clash of arms. 22 He mocks
at fear, and is not
frightened; nor does he turn
back from the sword. 23 The
quiver rattles against him,
the glittering spear and
javelin. 24 He devours the
distance with fierceness and
rage; nor does he come to a
halt because the trumpet
has sounded. 25 at the blast
of the trumpet he says,
"Aha!" He smells the battle
from afar, the thunder of
captains and shouting.

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

In the midst of his pain (Job 1-3), Job seeks to understand why he
has to suffer so much. Instead of explaining why He allowed evil
to exist or human beings to suffer (chs. 4-37), God confronted
and confounded Job with more questions concerning His creation.
Job 38-42 is not an explanation of why man has to suffer, but a
revelation of who God is! God reveals Himself as Creator (ch. 38),
sustainer (ch 39), and controller of all creation (chs. 40-42). Job
didn't need to fully understand cosmology, meteorology, zoology,
hippology, or God's immutable ways (Isa. 5:8-9). He only needed
to trust the omnipotent and transcendent Creator God who is "very
compassionate and merciful" (James 5:11; see Job 42:2-3).