“The eagle that soars in the upper air does not worry itself how it is to cross rivers.” —Gladys Aylward There are few sights more glorious than a horse at full gallop or an eagle in flight. Having described the one, the Lord now turns to the other. “Does the hawk fly by your wisdom, and […]
Does Job, sitting in the ashes, understand that he is the battlefield between right and wrong? The Lord focused Job’s attention on the ostrich, the world’s largest bird (200-300 lbs). It’s the fastest two-legged land animal and can top 40 mph! Thus, says the Lord, “When she lifts herself on high, she scorns the horse and its rider” (Job […]
What a picture! The ostrich’s wings can’t fly, but that doesn’t keep her from lifting up in pride. It’s estimated there are roughly 10 to the power of 80 atoms in the universe. From quarks and neutrinos to the massive supernovas, all came from the hands of our Lord (Jn 1:3). He also fashioned the […]
When we domesticate animals for our benefit, we diminish their ability to fend for themselves. There’s another lesson among God’s menagerie. Job had once owned a large number of animals—“his possessions were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys” (Job 1:3). Imagine that—11,500 animals for service across his […]
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“It is possible that God says every morning, ‘Do it again’ to the sun.” —G.K. Chesterton As the Lord begins His questions about animals, it’s quite touching where He starts. “Can you hunt the prey for the lion, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions, when they crouch in their dens, or lurk in their […]
You want rain? Elijah-like, talk to the God who made the clouds, because the clouds aren’t listening. The Lord makes two final appeals concerning Job’s interaction with the inanimate world. He asks, “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that an abundance of water may cover you? Can you send out lightnings, that they […]
“God’s promises are like the stars: the darker the night, the brighter they shine.” —D. Nicholas How many stars are in the observable universe? Astronomers guess about 200 billion trillion. Actually, “the host of heaven cannot be numbered” by us (Jer 33:22), though God has named them all! Yet at their creation, we read just five words: “He made the […]
“I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting system through which God speaks to us.” —Goethe Notice carefully the following words: “From whose womb comes the ice? And the frost of heaven, who gives it birth? The waters harden like stone, and the surface of the deep is frozen” (Job 28:29-30). There are thousands of […]