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LESSONS OF JOB
(Part 2)
MIGHTY IS THE LORD!
How does
God get our attention? Especially in our current milieu of many
worldly distractions? How does God get us to appreciate who He is, a
God of power and might? How often would we look up to the heavens on a
clear night, to contemplate the vastness and greatness of His created
universe? How often do we thank Him for our life, the shelter of our
homes, the food on our tables? And in the giant leaps of mankind in
the fields of technology, how do we come to realize that we are really
nothing apart from God, and helpless without His aid?
Man has become haughty. He looks to his great accomplishments. And he
is unmindful of the God who is the source of all gifts. How can God
once again humble man, for his own good?
The floods last Saturday brought to us the stark realization of our
own helplessness in the face of nature's onslaught. But the waters are
under God's control. "Thus far shall you come but no farther, and
here shall your proud waves be stilled!" (Job 38:11). God allowed
the floods in order to catch our attention, in order to teach us, in
order to humble us. If we learn the lessons God wants to teach us,
then the suffering wrought by the floods would have been a blessing.
Who is our God? He is the mighty and powerful King. "The Lord is
king, robed with majesty; the Lord is robed, girded with might. The
flood has raised up, Lord; the flood has raised up its roar; the flood
has raised its pounding waves. More powerful than the roar of many
waters, more powerful than the breakers of the sea, powerful in the
heavens is the Lord." (Ps 93:1a,3-4).
Is it then surprising that calamities bring people to God? When there
are calamities, the churches are packed. Unfortunately, after a while,
people are back to their old ways, unmindful of God, relying on
themselves, happily going about their own ways apart from the ways of
God. And so time and again God reminds us. For our own good.
When we see the power of nature, we must see the power of God. When we
realize our helplessness against the onslaught of the floods, we must
realize our helplessness without He who has power over nature. Then we
must be led to worship God, and acknowledge in humility who He is and
who we are. He is mighty King, and our lives are totally in His hands.
We can trust in Him. "God is our refuge and our strength, an
ever-present help in distress. Though its waters rage and foam and
mountains totter at its surging. The Lord of hosts is with us; our
stronghold is the God of Jacob." (Ps 46:2,4).
Our people have suffered a devastating flood. God allowed it. Rest
assured, God loves our people very much, and has a great plan for our
land, to be a light to the world. If our suffering leads us to a
greater realization of who God is, if it leads us to prayer and
worship, if it makes us place our lives totally in His care, if we
become mindful of all our blessings despite the problems of life, then
what has happened to us is truly redemptive.
"The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of glory
thunders, the Lord, over the mighty waters. The voice of the Lord is
power; the voice of the Lord is splendor. The Lord sits enthroned
above the flood! The Lord reigns as king forever! May the Lord give
might to his people; may the Lord bless his people with peace!"
(Ps 29:3-4,10-11)..
May the Lord always be your consolation and strength.
frank
(September 30, 2009)
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