God directly confronts Job after Job's lengthy lament and questioning of God's justice. God's response is not to answer Job's specific questions but to challenge his understanding of God's power and wisdom by posing a series of rhetorical questions about creation and the natural world.
God's Entrance:
God speaks to Job out of a whirlwind, essentially putting Job on trial and demanding answers.
Challenging Job's Knowledge:
God begins by questioning Job's knowledge of creation, asking where he was when the earth was founded, its dimensions were determined, and its cornerstone was laid.
Nature's Mysteries:
God then probes Job's understanding of the sea, the dawn, and the workings of light and darkness, highlighting the vastness and complexity of the natural world that Job cannot comprehend.
God's Sovereignty:
Through these questions, God emphasizes His sovereignty and omnipotence, demonstrating that He is the ultimate creator and sustainer of the universe.
Humbling Job:
The chapter serves to humble Job, revealing the limitations of human understanding and wisdom in the face of God's infinite power and knowledge.
Shift in Perspective:
Job 38 marks a turning point in the book, shifting the focus from Job's complaints to a contemplation of God's divine attributes.
Reflections /Observation
Wonder why GOD is silent? You Are talking rubbish and asking the wrong questions 🤔
Is there a deficit/ lack knowledge and understanding of the WORD of GOD? Do you really know and understand GOD?
Are you fully Reverencing GOD as The Supreme ONE?
Who are you to say to the Potter, come Correct! Let’s us reframe from being so disrespectful to the ALMIGHTY GOD!
Isaiah 45:9
Woe to anyone who rises up against his Maker, or to the pot that is displeased with the potter. Does the clay say to the one who molds it, “What are you doing?
Romans 9:20 states, "But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”
Isaiah 64:8 and Jeremiah 18)
In Isaiah 64:8 God says, “I am the potter; you are the clay.”
In 2 Corinthians 4:7 Paul called us “earthen vessels.” This is fitting since God “formed [us] of the dust of the ground” (Genesis 2:7a). When experiencing trials, probably more than any other time, we recognize the fragile nature of our “clay” bodies. Job especially noticed this during his suffering: “Remember, I pray, that You have made me like clay. And will You turn me into dust again?” (Job 10:9; see also Job 4:19).
I am so Glad I am in the Potters Wheel!🙏🏽🌺
Let’s Humble Ourselves Some more🙏🏽