Job 12:7-9
“But now ask the beasts, and let them teach you;
And the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you.
“Or speak to the earth, and let it teach you;
And let the fish of the sea declare to you.
“Who among all these does not know
That the hand of the Lord has done this,
Tag: God's Sovereingty
Do you know what God is doing? Do you stop to ponder God's work in the day-to-day functions of life? In this section of Job, the suffering servant is trying to, once again, make his case that he is innocent and his friend's accusations are baseless. Job sincerely believes God has given this suffering to him and wants to talk to God to present his case before Him. His argument in the above passage is that God has put wisdom into the minds of these animals to know that NOTHING happens without it being from God. His reasoning is that since these animals know this, you, my friends, should know this. His main argument is that these animals are highly conscious of God's work, are we? Jesus told us in the Sermon on the Mount that the lilly flower doesn't get all worked up, but knows that God will care for it. He told us that the birds of the air don't worry about their food, because God will care for them. Yet we, His most marvelous creation, worry about life and unconscious of His activity in our lives. Job is wrong about who "did this" to him (Satan did it, yet, with God's approval). But, Job is not wrong that the creation around us is much more conscious than we are about Gods involvement in our activity.
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