God so Love You

 

April 21, 2020

 

Job 41

 

If God had needed you and me to understand what a Leviathan is would He not have told us?  Is not the point that this created animal was not something Job or anyone else could control or manage?  Let’s move to verses 10 – 11, “No one is fierce enough to rouse it.  Who then is able to stand against me?  Who has a claim against me that I must pay?  Everything under heaven belongs to me.”

 

As stated in chapter 41, the Leviathan is one mean critter and yet it was a created being, made by God for a purpose.  What I’m not sure about, but then I’m not sure about fire ants and many other things.  The point is God has total control over all creation, so who is a man to stand against God, is it not like chasing after the wind?  

 

God was telling Job if you cannot confront and control a small part of my creation, how are you going to make a claim against me?  How foolish is it when you and I do not seek Him, has He not told us that He will give wisdom to all who ask it of Him?

 

I’m not sure who to give credit for this statement, but how true it is and has been in my life; “I have seen the enemy, and it's me.”  When I try living life in my own ability and not looking to the Lord for guidance, I find myself being self-centered and wanting my way, not God’s way.  Thank the LORD, He is slow to anger, and has a great love for His children, even a mess like me.

 

I am not sure about anyone but me, however, this I’m sure of, God loves you and desires a relationship with you.  He owns everything and has no need of anything, so why not allow Him to pour His love into your life?  Never forget He not only loves you, but He is Holy, and He is Just, and because of that He sent Jesus to save us from our sinful self.  Being Holy God cannot allow evil or sin into His presence, and yes Jesus made a bridge to God by dying on a cross for you and me, for all people, for before sin came into man, God said we were good, and He walked and talked with both Adam and Eve.  That is the relationship He desires with you.

 

From the Back Porch,

 

Bob Rice