From DSC:
I find Chapters 38-42 from the Book of Job to be very humbling. When I read those chapters, I often begin to try to answer the questions (and not get very far!) or I imagine others trying to explain how this or that thing occurs (and many, with an incredible amount of confidence in their perspectives).
But the explanations seem trite in regards to the LORD’s overall lines of questioning therein. One of the messages I walk away with is that we live on this earth for such a short time — and there is much we don’t know from the past, the present, or from the future. Below are some verses from Chapter 38.
The Lord Speaks
38 Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm. He said:
2 “Who is this that obscures my plans
with words without knowledge?
3 Brace yourself like a man;
I will question you,
and you shall answer me.
4 “Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?
Tell me, if you understand.
5 Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know!
Who stretched a measuring line across it?
6 On what were its footings set,
or who laid its cornerstone—
7 while the morning stars sang together
and all the angels shouted for joy?
…
21 Surely you know, for you were already born!
You have lived so many years!
