The Lord is giving Job a lesson in grandeur. Have you ever thought about all that God
holds in His hand? The majesty and infinite
variety of God's creation and the upholding of it all is beyond our ability to
comprehend. When we consider the
vastness of creation and the things that are unseen by us it is nearly amazing
that we can even pray. That the God of
all this could hear us and care about our concerns and our lives is almost
unimaginable. That we would then put Him in the dock and attempt to question
Him as a man is mind-boggling but I will say it likely won't be long before I
do that very thing in my own life. Our arrogance
knows no bounds.
The incarnation tells us how important we are to Him. Jesus' teaching tells us how important
righteousness is and how everything, even our thoughts are to Him. Why did He allow Cain's anger to become
murder? He could have stopped that from
happening but didn't. We are treated
with great dignity and rather than forcing His will on us He allows us to make
mistakes and to do terrible things. This
world is a result of sin. We need to see
that for what it is and change our focus to eternity. We cannot allow ourselves to be seduced by the
things of earth and be conformed to its image and likeness, we have to be
transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit and have our minds renewed if we
are to seek God's kingdom.
Babylon falls and the world mourns. A world addicted to pleasure mourns the loss
of the city of earthly delights (hat tip to Hieronymous Bosch). The Lord calls to His people to come out of
the city. There is a Sodom-like appeal
here similar to the one made to Lot and his family in Genesis. We are easily taken in by the pleasures of
the eye and the pleasures of the flesh and the Lord must call us away lest we
be tempted beyond our ability to withstand.
It is the call of His voice that reminds us who we are and awakens us
from our earthly reveries. He is calling
the church and Christians from worldliness to fix our eyes on His kingdom so
that we might become salt and light again.
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