Job 8
Observe Creation to Learn about the Creator!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Tuesday, January 17.
God has revealed Himself to us in nature, as Paul teaches in Romans 1:20, “For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.” When we observe creation, we learn about the Creator.
Bildad the Shuhite, the second of Job’s three friends, responded to Job’s lament in Job 8. To do so, he called upon their ancestral teachings about God (8-10), which provided three examples from creation to describe the fate of the ungodly:
- The papyrus of Job 8:11-13, “Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the rushes grow without water? While it is still green and not cut down, yet it withers before any other plant. So are the paths of all who forget God; and the hope of the godless will perish.”
- The spider web of Job 8:14-15, “Whose confidence is fragile, and whose trust a spider’s web. He trusts in his house, but it does not stand; he holds fast to it, but it does not endure.”
- The vine of Job 8:16-19, “He thrives before the sun, and his shoots spread out over his garden. His roots wrap around a rock pile, he grasps a house of stones. If he is removed from his place, then it will deny him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’ Behold, this is the joy of His way; And out of the dust others will spring.”
Jesus made a similar point to his disciples in John 15:5, “I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.” God has made Himself known to us because He wants us to know Him and to enjoy Him forever.
Seize the moment and learn from God’s creation about the One who designed you for abundant life (John 10:10b)! As King David proclaimed in Psalm 19:1, “The heavens are telling of the glory of God; and their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.”
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