Utmost Respect

When you read through Job 40 you don’t get quite the response from God that maybe you would expect.  Today in the American church we oftentimes forget that while God is loving and patient and forgiving (all the things we like most about God right???) he also demands our utmost respect and many times throughout scripture our fear.
Check out Revelation 14: 6-7   

   Then I saw another angel flying in midair, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth—to every nation, tribe, language and people.   He said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water.”
 
   “Fear God, give him glory and …worship him.”

Job’s response to all of this is a response of unworthiness and a realization that he maybe went too far in his words.  God continued to run through the list of things he created as if to say, “Trust me I got it remember you place.”

For us a great thing to consider is how are we approaching God amidst the trials?  Do we end our complaining / justification in worship?  Did we remember our place in the big scheme of things?

Sheldon – Jr High Youth Pastor and disc golf guru