Sovereign Power

Job. 38:6-9

Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said: "Dress for action like a man; I will question you, and you make it known to me. Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be in the right?  Have you an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like his?

The whirlwind speaks asking questions that require no answer! When God judges, disciplines, or even questions, He makes the issues clear and without question. He reveals Himself in awesome power, the power of nature which no man can tame. It is this power that He reveals to Job his own soul. Through the cleansing turbulence, God addressed the issue of His sovereignty in comparison to man's weakness. What power does man have? Will he in his arrogance and pride put God in the wrong? Such is the height of ignorance and foolishness! When man's pride is so overblown that it obliterates who God is, then he has a huge problem. He has blinded himself to the true issues. No matter how the circumstances appear from man's point of view, God's point of view is never wrong. His sovereign plan and purpose are always right and are for the good of those who love Him and those whom He loves. Remembering the truth about God in the midst of trials and adversity is the life line for the believer, but dwelling in the land of pity parties and the blame game will defeat his soul.

Father,

Teach me to trust You and Your sovereign plan. Unite my heart to fear Your name that I may walk in Your truth.

In Jesus name,

Amen