Do you know why you "think" at all? Why is it that you "reason"? Job 38-39

Job 38:36 (NASBStr)

“Who has put wisdom in the innermost being

Or given understanding to the mind?

God is in the midst of asking Job and his friends essay questions about life.   If this were their ACT test they would all fail most assuredly.  Job and his friends have been in a long debate about the reason for Job's pain and suffering.  Toward the end of each of their dissertations they have accused each other and, in reality, denied the power of God in the entire experience.   God, in these extensive - "Where were you when ..." - questions, is putting them in their place.   God has asked them where they were when the sea was made, the weather formed, the earth shaped, and several other inquires they certainly must remain in silence about.   Yet, in the midst of this cross examine of the facts, God asks the above question.  He no longer is asking them to explain the very universe they are living in, He asks them to explain how they can reason at all.   Men, in their pride, attempt to deny God by way of their limited reason, not acknowledging that they are the only creatures on the earth who CAN reason as a very gift from God.   Men attempt to deny the existence of God despite the fact that they have to use knowledge, understanding, reasoning, and thinking - something given to them by the very God they hope to prove doesn't exist.  No other creature on the earth can reason like us.   No animal can seek wisdom or desires to seek wisdom.   God gave us a mind; it is a gift from God to be used to praise God.   Men use their intellect to create things to replace God.   Men "think" they are so creative and so "ingenious" to develop tools and toys and teachings that promote themselves.  Yet, it is God who gives any level of understanding to the mind and ONLY God who gives the gift of Wisdom (Proverbs 9:10; James 1:5).   Our minds are a gift from God and who we allow to interpret things for the mind is a key to our coming to God.   Job and his friends had loss sight of their pursuit of God and, instead, began to simply promote their own opinions, views and arguments.  They used the mind they have to ignore God and to promote self.   Yet, it is God who gives wisdom, knowledge and understanding.  In the midst of a trial such as Job's, it might be wiser to not try to explain it but simply let God reveal more of Himself in it.