Job's 3rd friend criticized Job for being ignorant! Zophar counsels that Job's "doctrine" that Job is pure is wrong and Zophar hopes that God will show Job the correct doctrine! But Zophar was wrong!
Job responded well again! He told his friends that we must test words like how our mouth test food! He told them that they can learn by observing the creation for He is the Creation to learn! It reminds me of a proverb (6:6)... telling that people are sluggard and that they ought observe the ants and learn from them, how they work together in unity! Do you know how ants work together? By their antenna! Like how the Holy Spirit works in us... as Oneness! Are you sluggard like Zophar? Or confused with the doctrines? Or confused with words, whether they are from the Lord or not. Both Job and the proverb encouraged us to go and observe the creation to see how He created them! Awesome!
Then maybe we will be like Job, strong in our faith and know what we have done right or wrong, by seeing how He created the world! Observing the creation is part of worshipping, just by staring at them in aweness! Notice how simple it is for the creations to live? Why is it so complex for us? Because we are born as sinners! So we begun with complex! To know Him, we have to learn how to remove them and become more simple. Be like children before we enter the kingdom! A CALL TO SIMPLICITY! A CALL TO THE ELEMENTARY TEACHINGS!
I want to make sure that I understand about the message. I have to learn from ant or faithfully worker for avoiding be a lazy. Right?
ReplyDeleteYeah we learn many things from the ants! We learn how to be faithful in our works, to work together in unity. I love comparing their antenna to how the Holy Spirit works through us as Oneness. Oneness is when we use different gifts we have to be able to achieve His purposes for us. He might create you to be like Mary, to sit and listen to Him and share what He told you to the others. You may be like John the Baptist, wandering into the wilderness to be prepared to do His works. Or you may be called to work like how Jesus called the Disciples.
ReplyDeleteYes it is good for us to avoid being lazy, but we will need to know what He wants us to do. Sitting like Mary to listen to Him, to grow. Or to go out and work! We all need a vision from Him to know what we are called to be! While we wait for a God given vision, we need to keep seeking.
Kari =)