And God speaks out of a whirlwind.
To his child who lost 10 children.
To his child who lost his health.
To his child who lost his community.
He sent a whirlwind not a spa.
"Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge...Job 38:2
Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?"
Have you ever commanded the sun to rise and the morning stars sang? Oh my!
What am I doing in this little life of mine?
Do I live with the awareness of a very Present God holding all things together, even me.
Do I live with expectations for God to show up in soft whispers to a broken world.
Do I believe that the abundant life of John 10:10 holds expectations of my own thinking.
This is A God Who shows up in a whirlwind to a hurting, broken son of God.
Nothing soft about this.
Help me to see the reality of what stirs in the Whirlwind of my own soul this very day.
Help me to see my own sin of demandingness that YOU come through for me. Today.
Give us eyes to see and ears to hear the Sound of your Voice from the Whispers to the Whirlwinds and all in-between.
PRAYER FROM PSALMS
Psalm 107:29 - God, you established a whirlwind to a calm.
Calm us all down. Hush the billows that furl over our lives.
May we find you in the Whirlwinds.
May we be caught white hot doing your word!
OVERVIEW: Job 38-39
"Do I live in the awareness of a very present God holding all things together, even me?" Beautiful summation of this passage, Bev. Never let us downsize this powerful, amazing God we serve.
ReplyDelete'O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder
Consider all the works thy hands have made,
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder --
Thy power throughout the universe displayed.
When through the woods and forest glades I wander,
And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees,
When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur,
And hear the brook and feel the gentle breeze...
Then sings my soul, my Savior, God, to thee:
How great thou art, how great thou art!
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to thee:
How great thou art, how great thou art."
How Great Thou art, how Great Thou art!