Bible; Job 38- CEV

0:00Welcome, everyone. Thank you so much for showing up today. We'll be reading Jove 38-42, where the Lord speaks from out of a storm to Jove and his friends. From out of a storm, the Lord said to Jove, why do you talk so much when you know so little? Now get ready to face me. Can you answer the questions I ask? How did I lay the foundations of for the earth? Were you there? Doubtless, you know who decided its length and width. What supports the foundation? Who plays the cornerstone? Well, morning stars sang in angels rejoiced. When the ocean was born, I said its boundaries and wrapped it in blankets of thickest fog. Then I built a wall around it, locked the gates and

1:03said, you powerful waves stop here. They can go no further. Did you ever tell the sun to rise and did it obey? Did it take hold of the earth and shake out the wicked like dust from a rug? Early dawn outlines the hills like stitches on clothing or sketches on clay. But its light is too much for those who are evil and their power is broken. Jove, have you ever walked on the ocean floor? How you ever seen the gate of the world of the dead? And how large is the earth? Tell me if you know. Where is the home of light and where does darkness live? Can you lead them home? I'm certain you must be able to, since you were already born when I created everything. Have you been to the places where I keep snow

2:08and hail until I use them to punish and conquer nations? From where does lightning leave or the east wind blow? Who carves out a path for thunderstorms? Who sends torrent of rains on empty desert where no one lives? Rain that changes bare land to metals green with grass. Who is the father of the dew and of the rain? Who gives birth to the sleet and the frost that fall in winter when streams and lakes freeze solid as a rock? Can you arrange stars in groups such as Orion and the ladies? Do you control the stars or set in place the big dipper and the little dipper? Do you know the laws that govern the heavens and can you make them rule the earth? Can you order the clouds to send a downpour or

3:11will lightning flash at your command? Did you teach verse to know that rain or floods are in their way? Can you count the clouds or pour out their water on the dry lumpy soil? When lines are hungry, do you help them hunt? Do you send an animal into their den? And when starving young ravens cry out for me for food, do you satisfy their hunger? Chapter 39. When do mountains goes in deer give birth? Have you been there when their young are born? How long are they pregnant before they deliver? Soon their young grow strong and they leave to be under their own. Who set wild donkeys free? I alone help them survive in salty desert

4:13sand. They stay far from crowded cities and refuse to be tamed. Instead they roam the hills searching for pasture land. Would a wild ox agree to live in your barn and labor for you? Could you force him to plow or to drag a heavy log to smooth out the soil? Can you depend on him to use his great strike to do your heavy work? Can you trust him to harvest your grain or take it to your barn from the treason place? An ostrich probably flaps her wings but not because she loves her young, she abandoned her eggs and lets the dusty ground keep them warm. As she doesn't seem to worry that the feet of an ammo could crush them all, she treats her eggs as though they were not her own. Unconcerned that her

5:17work might be for nothing. I myself made her foolish and without common sense, but once she starts running she laughs at a rider on the fastest horse. Did you give horses their strength and the flowing hair along their necks? Did you make them able to jump like grasshoppers or to frightened people with their snorting? Before horses are written into battle, they paw at the ground proud of their strength laughing at fear they rush toward the fighting. While the weapons of their riders rattle and flash in the sun, unable to sand seal, they gallop eagerly into battle when trumpets blast, stirred up by the distance smell and sounds of war they snort and reply to the trumpet. Did you teach hawks to fly south for the winter? Did you train eagles to build their nest on

6:20rocky cliffs where they can look down to spot their next meal? Can their young gather to feast wherever the victim lies? Chapter 40. I am the Lord, all powerful, but you have argued that I am wrong. Now you must answer me. Job said to the Lord, who am I to answer you? I just speak once or twice, but never again. Then out of the storm the Lord said to Job, face me and answer the questions I ask. Are you trying to prove that you are innocent by accusing me of injustice? Do you have a powerful arm and a thundering voice that compare with mine? If so, then surround yourself with glory and majesty. Show your furious anger, throw down and crush

7:25all who are proud and evil. Wrap them in grave clothes and bury them together in the dusty soil. Do this and I will agree that you have won this argument. I created both you and the hippopotamus. It eats only grass like an ox, but look at the mighty muscles in his body and legs. Its tail is like a cedar tree and its thighs are thick. The bones in his legs are like bronze or iron. I made it more powerful than any other creature, yet I am stronger still. Undisturbed it eats grass while the other animals playing nearby. It rests in the shades of trees along the riverbank or highs among reefs in the swamp. It remains calm and unafraid. When the Jordan River rushing and splashing in his face, there is

8:27no way to capture a hippopotamus. Not even by hooking its nose or blinding its eyes. Chapter 41. Can you catch a sea monster by using a fish hook? Can you tie its mouth shut with a rope? Can it be let around by a ring in its nose or a hook in its jaw? Will it beg for mercy? Will it surrender as a slave for life? Can it be tied by the leg like a pet bird for little girls? Is it ever chopped up and its pieces bargained for in the fish market? Can it be killed with harpoons or spears? Resolid just once, that will be the end. Mirly a glimpse of this monster makes all courage melt, and if it is too fierce for anyone to attack, who would dare oppose me? I am in command of the world and in

9:31depth to no one. What powerful legs wouldest out body this monster possesses? Who could strip of its armor or bring it under control with a harness? Who would try to open his jaws full of fearsome teeth? Its back is covered with shields after shield, firmly bound and closer together than breath to breath. When this monster sneezes, lightning flashes and his eyes glow like the dawn. Sparks and fiery flames explode from his mouth and smokes fumes from his nose like steam from a boiling pot. While his blazing breath scorches everything in sight, its neck is so tremendous that everyone trembles. The weakest part of his body are harder than iron and his heart is stone. When this noisy monster appears even the

10:33most powerful turn and run in fear. No sword or spear can harm it, and weapons of bronze or iron are as useless as straw or rotten wood. Rocks thrown from a sling cause it no more harm than husk of grain. This monster fears no arrows. It simply smiles as spears and striking it with a sick is like slapping it with a straw. As it crawls through the mud, its sharp and spiny hide tears the ground apart. And when it swims down deep, the sea starts churning like boiling oil and it leaves behind a trail of shining white foam. No other creature on dirt is so fearless. It is king of all proud creatures and it looks upon others as nothing. 42, chapter 42, Job said, no one can oppose you because you have the power to do

11:40what you want. You ask why I talk so much when I know so little. I have talked about things that are far beyond my understanding. You told me to listen and answer your questions. I heard about you from others. Now I have seen you with my own eyes. That's why I hate myself and sit here in dust and ashes to show my sorrow. The Lord corrects Job's friends. The Lord said to Elias, what my servant Joe has said about me is true, but I am angry with you and your two friends for not telling the truth. So I want you to go over to Job and offer seven bulls and seven ghosts on the altar as a sacrifice to please me. After this Job will pray and I will agree not to punish you for your foolishness. Elias built that in soft par, obey the Lord and he answered Job's prayer. After Job had

12:47prayed for his three friends, the Lord made Joe twice as rich as he had been before. Then Job gave him a feast for his brothers and sisters and for his old friends. They expressed their sorrow for the suffering the Lord had brought on him and they each gave Job some silver and a gold ring. The Lord now blessed Job more than ever. He gave him 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 pair of auction and 1,000 donkeys. In addition to seven sons, Job had three daughters whose names were Jemima, Casaya, and Kareen Hapuch. They were the most beautiful woman in that part of the world. And Job gave them shares of his property along with their brothers. Job lived for another 140 years long enough to see his

13:52great grandchildren and have children of their own. And when he finally died, he was very old. All right, I've been reading from you from the contemporary English version. Second edition, I see Evie from the 2006 American Bible Society. All rights reserved credit, what credit to do. And now I want to thank you and bless you. And I pray that you will, too, pray for your friends or anyone that's been wrong in calculating how God works. I basically don't know that I don't know. And don't know. I'm just here for a cup of coffee and enjoy the word of God and be of help to others. I love you. God bless you. High five. No big deals. This too shall pass. A prayer that the wife and I've been doing and I encourage you to do it. Try it for a month, for 10 days. You know, just voice it out loud.

14:56Anyway, you can express it 10 times a day or it goes as Philippians somewhere says, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Say that about three times. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. And then we added, I can do and figure out all things through Christ who strengthens me. I can figure out all things through Christ who strengthens me. Different variations, but the fact is that it's very significant that we go in between the cells and get to that part of God that's inside our bodies that God has put there. All we're doing is we're activating deeper than our DNA when we say, I can, I can figure this out. Everything that we have is inside of us. Everything that we have.

16:00Blessings that we don't know. We have futures, adventures, help programs, help through others. It's all inside our hearts and minds and souls. The reason you want to put the focus back on you because God said, I already established it from the foundations of the earth. We are replicas of God Himself. We have it in us, folks. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. I can figure out it. I can figure it through Christ who strengthens me. I can figure it out through Christ who strengthens me. Any type of variation, the key word is it. Key word is I can. The key word is through Jesus Christ who strengthens us. I mean, we're calling on everything on the cross and beyond and what the Father has done

17:01before all the people He saved. Did you know that He had a saving program before Jesus? And Jesus says that those the Father have called will come to me. Those the Father have chosen will come to me and love me because they agree with the Father. We know that they are one. Amen. Please try it. Write it down. You'll like it. What is that verse in Philippians? I don't know, 413. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Alright, let's see if it empowers you and don't forget to journal. Journal and journal as much as you can. Whatever your hand wants to write, write it down. It's the Holy Spirit in you. You may want to start your journal with raising it up to the air and say, Father, move my hands and what I should be doing, who, what, where and when, and just get down to

18:05writing. I love you. God bless you. Let's pray. Our Father who art in the heavens, holy is your name. Let your kingdom come. Let your will be done here on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us for trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory for ever and ever. Amen. Thank you so much. Thank you for participating in your spirituality with this group. I love you. High five. Have a great day. Let's get out there and give them heaven. Be restored completely. Say I am restored through Jesus Christ.