Day 27 - Job is Restored

Daily Reading:  Job 38-42

What a great ending! Didn't you love these chapters?

Instead of answering all of Job's "why" questions, God asks him a bunch of things he can't possibly answer, but they make Job realize exactly who God is!

Then the Lord answered Job out of the storm........  Job 38:1

Footnote:

Out of a mighty storm, God spoke.  Surprisingly, he didn't answer any of Job's questions; Job's questions were not at the heart of the issue.  Instead, God used Job's ignorance of the earth's natural order to reveal his ignorance of God's moral order.  If Job did not understand the workings of God's physical creation, how could he possibly understand God's mind and character?  There is no standard or criterion higher than God himself by which to judge.  God himself is the standard.  Our only option is to submit to his authority and rest in his care.

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All footnotes taken from the Life Application Study Bible, NIV.