Job has been demanding to be able to present his case to God, now he gets his chance, but things are not quite as he envisaged.
Job had been demanding that God answers him, but it is Job who will have to answer God's questions. There are two very important points here. Job had been totally honest with God. He had not cloaked his feelings in religious language, but had laid bare his soul. So the first point is that we should not pretend with God. The second point is that it is us, not God, who needs to repent. In the midst of trouble we forget the awesomeness of God (in fact we never really appreciate it fully), our vision becomes clouded. Whatever we are feeling right now, God is not wrong.
God asks Job where he was at the creation of the world and what part he played in it. Of course, the answer is none. We are created beings, and we do need to remember that.
We did not bring anything into being. And now that things are here we have pitifully little control over most things. The converse of all this is that God did bring everything into being, and He does have control over all things.
David often meditated on the wonder of creation and its creator in the Psalms. We do well to do likewise.
Job realises his smallness and takes the wise course of saying nothing (40:2).
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