Corona Devo 1217

The unanswered “why’s” of life, the disorder of our days, and even the unfairness of our struggles can cause us to question ourselves and also to question our God.

But the order-of-Creation and the systems that God has set in place are undeniable answers that swing back and forth like God’s pendulum-reminder that He set the world in motion, and He continues to keep order, even when it seems as if we and our world are in dis-order. 

Job was a man going through some heavy and hard stuff.  Maybe we are too. 

Job’s trials had caused him to question the order of life, and possibly God’s dominion over it. 

We can relate.  The “Why’s?” and the “Why Me’s” can stack up in our minds and hearts, but like a parent exercising loving-authority over a child, God reminds Job and us--of His power, omniscience and of His ultimate authority over everything: Creation…and us today. 

Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind: (2) “Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorant words? 

(3) Brace yourself like a man, because I have some questions for you, and you must answer them. 

(4) “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?  Tell me, if you know so much.

(5) Who determined its dimensions and stretched out the surveying line?  (6) What supports its foundations, and who laid its cornerstone as the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?

(8) “Who kept the sea inside its boundaries as it burst from the womb, (9) and as I clothed it with clouds and wrapped it in thick darkness?  (10) For I locked it behind barred gates, limiting its shores.  (11) I said, ‘This far and no farther will you come.  Here your proud waves must stop!’

(12) “Have you ever commanded the morning to appear and caused the dawn to rise in the east?  ~Job 38:1-12

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If we are feeling out-of-order today, or as if the world has lost its rhythm…let the Truth of God’s Word swing our pendulum back into the reality of God’s authority. 

The One who keeps the sea inside its boundaries and tells the waves this far and no farther will you come also has complete authority over our world and our lives.  Don’t doubt God’s dominion.

 

His Creation is awesome and orderly, unique, and varied…and so are we.  Even if we feel out-of-control today, God is in control.  

Blessings,

sarah

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