Who packed your last lunch? Job 38-39

Job 38:39-41 (NASBStr)

“Can you hunt the prey for the lion,

Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

 When they crouch in their dens

And lie in wait in their lair?

 “Who prepares for the raven its nourishment

When its young cry to God

And wander about without food?

As we shop for food in our big box markets we have before us almost anything the heart could desire.   We take it for granted in our country that food is always available.   We seldom stop to think about how it came to the store, or to our cupboard.  Like little children we just expect the cereal to be on the bottom shelf where we can always have it and reach it.   Yet, this is not really the case.   As we can see above and read further from our Savior in Matthew 6:24-35, it is God who provides for His creatures.   God is rebuking Job and his four friends because of the false counsel and knowledge they kicked around calling it "wisdom."   Real wisdom comes from God, as does everything.  He is asking the four of them if they are the ones who provide for the lion each day, or the raven during the week?   They do not, obviously.   When the young raven's chirp in their nest for food it is not Job or his friends who run to find a worm for them.  It is God.   When the lion is in the den and his stomach aches with the pain of hunger, it is not Zophar and the others who hustle out to find a slow gazelle.   God provides what these need and what ever creature needs; including us.  We may think our "cash" packed the cupboard, but it did not.  God provides the lily with its splendor and us with our security.   God hunts for the worms for the ravens as much as he hunts for a job for us.   As you and I chirp out our needs today to God, let us remember that He has many mouths to fill and has never missed providing a single meal.