July 13, 2025, Job 26:1-14

July 13, 2025, Job 26:1-14

Job Replies: God's Majesty Is Unsearchable

26 Then Job answered and said:

² “How you have helped him who has no power!
    How you have saved the arm that has no strength!
³ How you have counseled him who has no wisdom,
    and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
⁴ With whose help have you uttered words,
    and whose breath has come out from you?
⁵ The dead tremble
    under the waters and their inhabitants.
⁶ Sheol is naked before God,
    and Abaddon has no covering.
⁷ He stretches out the north over the void
    and hangs the earth on nothing.
⁸ He binds up the waters in his thick clouds,
    and the cloud is not split open under them.
⁹ He covers the face of the full moon
    and spreads over it his cloud.
¹⁰ He has inscribed a circle on the face of the waters
    at the boundary between light and darkness.
¹¹ The pillars of heaven tremble
    and are astounded at his rebuke.
¹² By his power he stilled the sea;
    by his understanding he shattered Rahab.
¹³ By his wind the heavens were made fair;
    his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
¹⁴ Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways,
    and how small a whisper do we hear of him!
    But the thunder of his power who can understand?”

I so love how Job obviously understand the power of God and how He has much more power than man hasn’t seen.  My today’s terms I would say, “Job ‘schooled’ Bildad”.  I know if people don’t understand who God is, it is extremely difficult for people to accept our word about how amazing he is.  You would think if he was Job’s friend, he would have seen all God had done and how Job trusted God.  But I realize that just because we trust God doesn’t mean all of our friends do.  The ones that believe might not have the same level of understand of God.  Maybe they used to trust God more, but trials and caused them to turn from God rather than run to God. 

Job is a witness to his friends as to who God is and what God has done, but in the midst of this storm, they aren’t seeing it.  I don’t know if they ever really will. 

You know one of the hardest things as a Christian and Disciple of Christ?  Sharing with those who either won’t listen, or take everything you say as an argument. Another difficult group to share with are those who used to believe but have been listening to the enemy about why bad things happen to those they perceive as good people. I recently had someone I know used to love Jesus fiercely, but has been listening to the world around them instead of listening to God, and they said, “That’s the God I used to know.  The one I know now doesn’t protect and love His people like I thought he did.”

Broke my heart to hear that.  I will just step up my prayer for this person and know that God loves them and all I can do is pray and share.  God will guide me in what and when I share, but I can pray like crazy.

Who do you know who used to have a love for Jesus and it seems their light has dimmed?  Pray like crazy they can see the truth and be called back to His will for their lives and can speak truth to others.  The enemy loves to make us no longer care.  He loves for us to question or even regret what we knew about God.  Don’t let the enemy distract you.  Keep praying and stay in fellowship with the Creator of this world.  Don’t give up!

Lori Morgan