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2 “Who is this, darkening my plans
with his ignorant words?
3 Stand up like a man, and brace yourself;
I will ask questions; and you, give the answers!
4 “Where were you when I founded the earth?
Tell me, if you know so much.
5 Do you know who determined its dimensions
or who stretched the measuring line across it?
6 On what were its bases sunk,
or who laid its cornerstone,
7 when the morning stars sang together,
and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8 “Who shut up the sea behind closed doors
when it gushed forth from the womb,
9 when I made the clouds its blanket
and dense fog its swaddling cloth,
10 when I made the breakers its boundary
set its gates and bars,
11 and said, ‘You may come this far, but no farther;
here your proud waves must stop’?
12 “Have you ever in your life called up the dawn
and made the morning know its place,
13 so that it could take hold of the edges of the earth
and shake the wicked out of it?
14 Then the earth is changed like clay under a seal,
until its colors are fixed like those of a garment.
15 But from the wicked the light is withheld,
and the arm raised [to strike] is broken.
16 “Have you gone down to the springs of the sea
or explored the limits of the deep?
17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you,
the gates of death-like darkness?
18 Have you surveyed the full extent of the earth?
Say so, if you know it all!
"A Carefully-Crafted Universe" by Author: Rhonda CarrimI enjoy learning, so I know a little bit about many things. Yet, even in my “areas of expertise,” it doesn’t take long to reach the limits of my knowledge.Job’s friends were confident in their beliefs about God; they were convinced they knew the cause of his suffering. Resigned, confused, and then angry, Job demanded a hearing before God. Catapulted into chaos, he finally challenged God: Is there truly any order to the universe? (see Job 30–31). Both Job and his friends spoke on the basis of limited understanding. God accepted Job’s challenge, and then God challenged Job: “Brace yourself like a man. You’ve asked a lot of questions; now it’s my turn.” The questions poured forth and the first must have stopped Job in his tracks: “Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?” (38:4).
Beyond human knowledge lies vast mystery. We must humbly acknowledge our limitation. Yes, humans are “fearfully and wonderfully made” (Psalm 139:14), but none of us is God. The universe is carefully crafted by God, yet its design sketches beyond our understanding. Though limited in our understanding of creation, may we take comfort in knowing the Creator.
Hymn for Today: "Praise To The Lord, Almighty" by Joachim Neander, translated by Catherine Winkworth
1. Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation!
O my soul, praise Him, for He is Thy Health and Salvation!
Join the full throng:
Wake, harp and psalter and song;
Sound forth in glad adoration!
2. Praise to the Lord, who o'er all things so wondrously reigneth,
Who, as on wings of an eagle, uplifteth, sustaineth.
Hast thou not seen
How thy desires all have been
Granted in what He ordaineth?
3. Praise to the Lord, who hath fearfully, wondrously, made thee;
Health hath vouchsafed and, when heedlessly falling, hath stayed thee.
What need or grief
Ever hath failed of relief?--
Wings of His mercy did shade thee.
4. Praise to the Lord, who doth prosper thy work and defend thee,
Who from the heavens the streams of His mercy doth send thee.
Ponder anew
What the Almighty can do,
Who with His love doth befriend thee.
5. Praise to the Lord! Oh, let all that is in me adore Him!
All that hath life and breath, come now with praises before Him!
Let the Amen
Sound from His people again;
Gladly for aye we adore Him.
Thought for Today:
"Adonai, you are my God.
"Adonai, you are my God.
I exalt you, I praise your name.
For you have accomplished marvels,
[fulfilled] ancient plans faithfully and truly." Isaiah 25:1.
Please pray:
That many young people in Trinidad and Tobago will be called into Christian ministry.
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Please pray:
That many young people in Trinidad and Tobago will be called into Christian ministry.
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