Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Why Should We not Grumble about Our Circumstances???

As Christians why should we not grumble about our circumstances?  In Job 36: 24- 26:  "Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.  Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.  Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out."

Here, according to Matthew Henry,  Elihu is endeavouring to possess Job with great and high thoughts of God, and so to persuade him into a cheerrful submission to his providence.

"The streams of being, power, and perfection should lead us to the fountain.  God is great, infinitely so, --great in power, for he is omnipotent and independent, --great in wealth, for he is self-sufficient and all-sufficient, --great in himself, --great in all his works, --great, and therefore greatly to be praised, --great, and therefore we know him not.  We know that he is, but not what he is.  We know what he is not, but not what he is.  We know in part, but not in perfection.

This comes in here as a reason why we must not arraign his proceedings, nor find fault with what he does, because it is speaking evil of the things that we understand not and answering a matter before we hear of.  We know not the duration of his existence, for it is infinite.  The number of his years cannot possible be searched out, for his is eternal; there is no number of them.  He is a Being without beginning, succession, or period, whoever was, and ever will be, and ever the same, the great
I AM."

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