Job 38

Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind: "Who is this that questions My wisdom with such ignorant words?

(Job 38:1-2)

It is here that we finally see the Lord speak. He is about to respond to Job, and what He brings are not the “answers” that Job had “demanded”. Instead, He has a set of questions for Job… they are questions that expose how little Job, and you, and I, and Elihu, and Zophar, and Bildad, and Eliphaz, and really the whole world; know about God and the things of God. God begins this interrogation by asking question number one… “Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorant words?” Though spoken to Job specifically, I believe it applied to all 4 of his friends. There words had been words of IGNORANCE. They were trying to speak about things they knew nothing of as if like Elihu claimed, they had PERFECT KNOWLEDGE of them. Job was blameless God had said, and was a man who no other was like… yet He was still ignorant!

As you read the following chapters, the ones that deal with God’s interrogation of Job, think about how you would answer God… are you speechless? Sometimes the greatest thing we can do is just worship God in silence, in awe of His greatness. I am glad I can’t answer “yes I know all this stuff” to the questions God presents. One of the beautiful things about having a relationship with God is simply this: He is God. He knows things we will never know. That in itself makes Him worthy of our worship.