September 18, 2018: Day 38 – Job 38

The Lord responds, and boy does He respond.  All of the commentators say that his response is directed at Job and in fact we find that in the first verse.  His response in this chapter, at least, is divided into the creation of the natural universe and the creation of animals.  Water is emphasized extensively in this chapter  because it was, and it remains, the source of all life in that region.  So many wars have been fought over time because of water.  

One of my favorite lines is seen in vs.3 where God commands Job to gird up his loins like a man.  So, this girding up was done before a person went into battle to make sure that everything was just in the right place.  God tells Job that if he wants to put God on trial he better be ready because God is going to come at him.  He better be ready to defend himself because God is going to respond in a way that a person will not be able to defend themselves.

We often find ourselves girded up for battle against God.  But all along God really calls us to gird ourselves up for a life that can be lived in freedom. The battles that we think we have to fight against God, really do not exist.  We are really fighting against our own selves when we do that.