Job 36

I will fetch my knowledge from afar; I will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. For truly my words are not false; one who is perfect in knowledge is with you.

(Job 36:3-4)

What a crazy thing to claim! Elihu thinks that he has PERFECT KNOWLEDGE in this area concerning God and the things of God.

Friends… we don’t have PERFECT knowledge about anything. We are learning more and more all the time, but our knowledge, especially in the area of God and the things of God is FAR FROM PERFECT. The Bible says that our view of these things today in this fallen world is like looking through a piece of foggy or frosted glass. It’s distorted, we can’t make out the details, there are pieces missing. By the Holy Spirit we can know all that we NEED to know, but we in no way at all know all that there is to know.

We need to keep ourselves in a place where our positions and opinions about God, His work, and His ways are always being refined. We need to be sure that we don’t act like we have it all figured out. It is only as we come to God’s word that we can have things become clearer… so don’t close the file on anything. Let God continue to bring deeper knowledge.

We can preach the Gospel with authority as men and women led by and filled with the Spirit. Authority is one thing… claiming infallibility is another! Be humble, and point people not to YOURSELF but to Jesus as the TRUTH.