A Fresh Perspective Needed

A cursory review of Job 9:14-35 reveals Job's use of the first person pronoun "I" twenty-four times. The first thirteen verses were about God's greatness and His sovereignty. Now however, Job seems to feel that he is the victim of a legal system that need not rest on the principles he perceived as fair. Job seems to express what we feel at times on the road of life. There are circumstances and crisis that does not make any sense to us. We feel that life has handed us a verdict that is unfair. "We are innocent," is our declaration and "We deserve better," is our cry! Our emotions misleads our passions.

Here is a life principle: "We loose perspective when we are the center of our own debate!" God always has a way of clarifying our misguided perspectives. When God decides to break his silence in Job 38, He clarifies our misguided perspective with a series of questions. Take notice of God's opening words; "Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? Dress for action like a man; I will question you and you make it known to me." God's series of questions clarifies the overuse and fixation we have with ourselves. There are two sets of questions that God presents. The first focuses upon God's creation of the;  The earth(38:1–7, 17–18) 2. The oceans (38:8–11, 16) 3. Light (38:12–15, 19–21), 4. Snow and rain (38:22–30, 34–38), 5. The stars (38:31–33). The second series of questions focuses upon God's creatures; 1. Lions (38:39–40), 2. Ravens (38:41), 3. Mountain goats (39:1–4), 4. Wild donkeys (39:5–8), 5. The wild ox (39:9–12), 6. The ostrich (39:13–18), 7. The horse (39:19–25), 8. The hawk (39:26–30).


God doesn’t apologize to Job. He doesn’t explain that Satan wanted to test him. He doesn’t promise to put everything right in the end. He simply presents Job with the fact that God alone is the creator and he alone has the right and power to judge.