Finally God speaks. And with one sweep he dismisses all the vain philosophical theorising of the last 35 chapters. He turns away from the four philosophising friends and focuses on Job. It is Job who meets God, not them. Note this, it is important. What follows is spoken to Job and to him alone. God will not engage with these theorists; he has come to speak with his servant and his son, Job. And he answers Job’s questions with questions. Within our finite perspective there can be no real answers for the greatest dilemmas of life. They don’t fit. We lack the capacity to think outside our miserly three dimensions. Try drawing a sphere on a piece of paper. So long as you are limited to the two dimensions of the page any attempt falls short. How is God to answer us when we ask for ultimate answers? Our minds are like a flat page and reality exceeds the limited dimensions of our mental capacities. What Job needed, however, was not answers. That is what his friends attempted to give him. What Job needed was God. And now God turns up and it is he who does the questioning. The first, and most vital truth that God reveals, is that his ways cannot be grasped by the human mind. Nevertheless, we ourselves can be grasped by God. So next time you are reaching for answers, consider what it is you really need. The amazing truth is, you can know God, but not as one standing outside looking in. You can know God as you would know an infinite ocean in which you are immersed.
Ask God to reveal himself to you in a greater way.
Read Job 38
