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2012 Reading Through
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Job 40-42 (Day 15)

1/15/2012

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_God continues to ask questions to Job in chapter 40 that humble him further. True humility is always the pathway to greatness in God.

Behemoth & Leviathan?

Opinions on what these creatures are vary but I don’t think anyone knows for sure. Some people like to think that Behemoth is an Elephant or Hippopotamus but how could that be when “he moves his tail like a cedar.” (Job 40:17) Also people speculate that Leviathan is a crocodile or a whale. If that is the case, I would say that God’s description was a bit of a stretch. The LORD says what He means and means what He says, so both of these creatures must be extinct or unknown to us today.

What is God’s point in bring up both of these creatures? The LORD seems to point out that these creatures are way beyond us conquering them but yet He created them and therefore are nothing compared to His might.

Leviathan seems to have a double meaning for Satan. In Job 41:34 the LORD says, “he is king over all the children of pride.”

Job 42:2-6  "I know that You can do everything, And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You.  3  You asked, 'Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.  4  Listen, please, and let me speak; You said, 'I will question you, and you shall answer Me.'  5  "I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees You.  6  Therefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes."

Job is now humbled; he knows God is worthy for him to let Him have complete control over his life. 

Next, I want to include Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary for Job 42:7-9. His commentary is the following paragraph
After the Lord had convinced and humbled Job, and brought him to repentance, he owned him, comforted him, and put honour upon him. The devil had undertaken to prove Job a hypocrite, and his three friends had condemned him as a wicked man; but if God say, Well done, thou good and faithful servant, it is of little consequence who says otherwise. Job's friends had wronged God, by making prosperity a mark of the true church, and affliction a certain proof of God's wrath. Job had referred things to the future judgment and the future state, more than his friends, therefore he spake of God that which was right, better than his friends had done. And as Job prayed and offered sacrifice for those that had grieved and wounded his spirit, so Christ prayed for his persecutors, and ever lives, making intercession for the transgressors. Job's friends were good men, and belonged to God, and He would not let them be in their mistake any more than Job; but having humbled him by a discourse out of the whirlwind, he takes another way to humble them. They are not to argue the matter again, but they must agree in a sacrifice and a prayer, and that must reconcile them, Those who differ in judgment about lesser things, yet are one in Christ the great Sacrifice, and ought therefore to love and bear with one another. When God was angry with Job's friends, he put them in a way to make peace with him. Our quarrels with God always begin on our part, but the making peace begins on his. Peace with God is to be had only in his own way, and upon his own terms. These will never seem hard to those who know how to value this blessing: they will be glad of it, like Job's friends, upon any terms, though ever so humbling. Job did not insult over his friends, but God being graciously reconciled to him, he was easily reconciled to them. In all our prayers and services we should aim to be accepted of the Lord; not to have praise of men, but to please God.

Job 42:10 says, “And the LORD restored Job's losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.” When we give it is given unto us! Job gave love, mercy and grace to his friends and received it back pressed down, shaken together and running over.


1 Comment
Sandi
1/17/2012 09:41:42 am

What I like about Job is that it makes you realize that for most people, our concept of God is way, way too small. We bring God down to our level. We talk to Him like He is our boss who treated us unfairly or hasn't compensated us right, or our father who looked down on us or let us down and wasn't there for us. We demand things from Him like He owes us or... we accept the work of the enemy as if God had willed it and wants it that way. I didn't notice while reading about the storm that came in while Elihu was talking! But what an awesome picture as God gets ready to speak to Job Himself, He confirms Elihu's words as he speaks truth. The whole atmosphere around them changes. And when God is through speaking, Job realizes he had not understood who God was. He says…I heard about You, but now I see You, and as I look at you I realize that I have nothing, know nothing, and am nothing without you.

I agree with Shari’s earlier comment. Job is to be commended for the way he continued to praise and honor God through such a trial as this. And that he would receive an eternal reward for his faith. I believe that God took him to a whole new level in his faith, knowing that if he did good deeds, took care of those who were oppressed, fatherless, widows, and was generous, it was only because God gave him the means to do so. If he had wisdom to share with others, it was given to him by God. If he enjoyed blessing and high standing with men, it was the favor of God. And because of this humility, God was able to continue a legacy of righteousness. Job was able to see four generations, and teach them the true fear of the Lord.

Teach me Your way, Oh Lord; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your name (NIV says Give me an undivided heart that I may fear Your name) I will praise You, Oh Lord my God, with all my heart, and I will glorify Your name forevermore. For great is Your mercy toward me, and You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.
Psalm 86:11-13

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