Embracing the Root Issue

Read Job 40.

Yikes!  God did not stop.  The questioning continued for two more chapters.

Did not Job already feel humbled?  Did he not put his hand over his mouth and commit to say no more?  The answer to both is "yes".  However, there is a difference is feeling sorry and regretting what one said or did and learning a lasting lesson.

In a time of great loss, pain or distress it is in our nature to question God, argue with Him, or even want to reject His plans for us.  Accepting the undesired circumstances is not the lesson to be learned.  That is a surface issue.  The root issue is moving to a deeper understanding of who God truly is and our relationship to Him.

Job wanted to argue his case with God to justify himself (v.8).  Such a thought exalts oneself to be on a par with the God of heaven.  So, let's compare.

God's questions to Job are comparison statements to Himself.  
"Do you have My power and ability?"
"Do you have a voice like mine that thunders to humble, create and provide?
"Are you really any match for My majesty and dignity, glory and splendor?"
"Can you make something like Behemoth, feed him, and take him on by yourself?"

Embracing our position before the LORD and exalting Him in our lives is the essence of worship.  The Psalmist David wrote in Psalm 8:3-4, 9:
"When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?...O LORD, how majestic is your name in all the earth!"