"He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth on nothing. He binds up the water in His thick clouds, yet the clouds are not broken under it. He covers the face of His throne, and spreads His cloud over it. He drew a circular horizon on the face of the waters, at the boundary of light and darkness. The pillars of heaven tremble, and are astonished at His rebuke. He stirs up the sea with His power, and by His understanding He breaks up the storm. By His Spirit He adorned the heavens; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent. Indeed these are the mere edges of His ways, and how small a whisper we hear of Him! But the thunder of His power who can understand?"(Jb 26:7-14)
"....How small a whisper we hear of Him!" What beauty in a worship expression. What a humble declaration of the reality of any relationship we think we may have with God. Yet this is Job's praise of God Almighty, Immanuel, "Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." He is speaking of the Living Triune God, Father, Son Jesus, Holy Spirit.
The tendency in reading Job can be, "Oh, just three friends who are later rebuked by the Word of God for everything they said. Then there is Job, just complaining about his lot in life." If one takes this approach to the Book of Job, they will miss some of the grandeur of the Book. Our text reveals the heart of Job, who was once rich, healthy, had a happy family, now on the ash heap, boils on his body, scraping himself like some homeless, discarded leper. Yet in the midst of unspeakable suffering and loss Job utters our text. There is just no greater utterance of the Glory of the Blessed Trinity than here, from this beaten, confused, heartbroken saint, we hear a Believer who will just not stop praising and trusting.
You and I can live such a life of victory in the midst of life's battles, if we will keep running the race as Job did, "Looking unto Jesus." Yes, "Abraham rejoiced to see [Jesus'] day, and he saw it and was glad," and so did Job and every Old Testament saint. They, just as Simeon in the temple, were looking forward to "The Coming One." The anticipation of the appearing of the Christ, their view of the Cross (Isaiah 53) was their salvation and power for living and facing anything life could bring their way; therefore, in the same spirit, March on, Christian Soldier!
Father, in Jesus' Name, I thank You, You who Are The Same One Whom Job continued to love and worship through his darkest hour, are doing and will continue to do for and in me what You did for and in Job. Amen.
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When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
"Looking unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2
