The meaning
behind the name - Job 38-42 is one of my favorite passages in the Bible.
Job has just been tried and has lost everything he's ever had. His
friends come and try to comfort him and give him advice, but they fail.
God steps in and says, "2Who is this that darkens my
counsel with words without knowledge? 3Brace yourself like a man; I
will question you, and you shall answer me. 4Where were you when I laid
the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand. 5Who marked off its
dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it?"(Job38:2-5) God continues on
for four chapters of scolding Job. These words of God are very
important to me. There are two times Job gets a word in, the first to
say, "4I am unworthy-how can I reply
to you? I put my hand over my mouth. 5Ispoke once, but I have no
answer-twice, but I will say no more."(Job40:4-5) And the second time to
say, "2I know that you can do all
things; no plan of yours can be thwarted. 3You asked, 'Who is this that
obscures my counsel without knowledge?' Surely I spoke of things I did not
understand, things too wonderful for me to know. 4You said, 'Listen now, and I
will speak; I will question you, and you shall answer me.' 5My ears had heard of you but
now my eyes have seen you. 6Therefore I despise myself and
repent in dust and ashes."(Job42:2-6)
This whole
passage in Job really describes God and shows how truly awesome He is and how
truly unworthy we really are.
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