Sunday: God Speaks to Job: Job 38:1-7
God’s words to Job are remarkable both for what they say and do not say. The Lord does not provide the intellectual answers to Job’s questions. No apology is offered, no explanation of Satan’s challenge in heaven is given, and the question “why” is never considered. When one questions God, he not only shows his own ignorance, but he also opens himself to the attack of Satan. God comes to ask some questions, but he is not there to be cross-examined.
Monday: God’s Creative Power: Job 38:8-15
Just as clay is molded by a seal into a visible, recognizable shape, so light turns the gray dimness of night into the multicolored world of the day. The wicked love darkness, but dawn inevitably comes, and they will be caught and judged. God responds indirectly to Job’s charge that the wicked prosper and are not judged.
Tuesday: God Challenges Job: Job 38:16-41
God asks Job about the extent of his travels. Had Job navigated the sea’s depths, the place from which light originates, and heaven’s pinnacles? God makes it clear that a legitimate charge against His rule over the world could only come from one who was equal or superior to Himself. The contrast between Job’s finitude and God’s eternality speaks for itself.
Wednesday: Job’s Human Limitations: Job 39:1-8
If God could lead Job to perceive his human limitations in understanding God’s ways in the world, then he could persuade Job that he is just and merciful, even when Job did not understand the way in which God was working in his life.
Thursday: God Controls the Wild Animals: Job 39:9-12
Even the wild animals respond to the one who oversees them to do what the owner wishes. It is for all creation to respond to the creator and do His good will.
Friday: God Made the Ostrich: Job 39:13-30
Examine the ostrich commonly found in wilderness areas. The ostrich is a flightless bird, though it flaps its shriveled wings just as vigorously as does a stork. God compensates by giving it great running speed of up to 40 miles an hour.
Saturday: Job Responds to God: Job 40:1-5
Job was overwhelmed by the new revelations of God. He understood how insignificant humans are before God’s secret wisdom, and he felt he could say no more. Still, he was not quite ready to give up his claim that something had been wrong in God’s treatment of him.