{"id":8014,"date":"2020-03-05T20:00:02","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T03:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=8014"},"modified":"2020-03-05T21:08:04","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T04:08:04","slug":"job39_1-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/job39_1-30\/","title":{"rendered":"You Matter to God"},"content":{"rendered":"

Job 39:1-30 Click here for Bible Verses<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Now onto today\u2019s passage.\u00a0 Today\u2019s passage is Job 39:1-30.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

On Job 38:39 to Job 39:30:\u00a0 After silencing Job with questions about the origins of the universe (38:4-18) and about outer space (38:19-38), God now questions Job about the animal kingdom (38:39 to 39:30): lions (v39-40), ravens (v41), mountain goats (v3-4), donkeys (v6-8), wild oxen (v9-12), ostriches (v13-18), horses (v19-25), hawks (v26), and eagles (v27-30).\u00a0 When God asks questions about each animal, there is an attention to detail and a sense of wonder and excitement in God\u2019s voice.<\/p>\n

For example, here\u2019s God talking about a horse:<\/p>\n

Job 39:19-25 (NIV)\u00a0<\/strong>
\n19\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“Do you give the horse his strength or clothe his neck with a flowing mane?
\n20\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?
\n21\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0He paws fiercely, rejoicing in his strength, and charges into the fray.
\n22\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0He laughs at fear, afraid of nothing; he does not shy away from the sword.
\n23\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0The quiver rattles against his side, along with the flashing spear and lance.
\n24\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0In frenzied excitement he eats up the ground; he cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.
\n25\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0At the blast of the trumpet he snorts, ‘Aha!’ He catches the scent of battle from afar, the shout of commanders and the battle cry.<\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s as if, in the middle of questioning Job, God gets caught up in wonder and excitement about His own creation, the horse.<\/p>\n

What can we learn from this?\u00a0 Here are two lessons I learn:<\/p>\n

First,\u00a0God thoroughly enjoys the things He creates and takes pride in His creation.<\/strong>\u00a0 Likewise, since we are made in God\u2019s image, take pride in the work you do and what you produce.\u00a0 You were made to do great things.<\/p>\n

Second, if God could speak about an ostrich or an ox with that much attention to detail and that much wonder and excitement,\u00a0how much more does God pay attention to you and the details of your life?<\/strong>\u00a0 Remember what Jesus says, \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.\u201d (Luke 12:7)\u00a0 In that same verse, evidencing how much more attention God pays to you, Jesus says, \u201cIndeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered.\u201d<\/p>\n

God loves and takes pride in all of His creation, but none so much as people.\u00a0 As much as I\u2019m sure God enjoys the blue whale, the pangolin and the praying mantis, God did not make them in His image, or breathe His own breath into them, or send His Son Jesus to die for their shortcomings.\u00a0 But He did that for you and me, for He sees you as the pinnacle of His creation, the apple of His eye (Psalm 17:8).<\/p>\n

So know today that You are greatly and especially loved by God.\u00a0 Of all the masterpieces God has created, it\u2019s you His people whom He treasures the most.<\/p>\n

Heavenly Father, thank You that You didn\u2019t just create me and cast me aside.\u00a0 Rather You created me in Your image, breathed Your breath in me, and sent Your Son to die for me.\u00a0 Thank You that to this day You keep Your eye on me, pay attention to me and watch the details of my life.\u00a0 I praise You because I am loved by You.\u00a0 In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Now onto today\u2019s passage.\u00a0 Today\u2019s passage is Job 39:1-30.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

On Job 38:39 to Job 39:30:\u00a0 After silencing Job with questions about the origins of the universe (38:4-18) and about outer space (38:19-38), God now questions Job about the animal kingdom (38:39 to 39:30): lions (v39-40), ravens (v41), mountain goats (v3-4), donkeys (v6-8), wild oxen (v9-12), ostriches (v13-18), horses (v19-25), hawks (v26), and eagles (v27-30).\u00a0 When God asks questions about each animal, there is an attention to detail and a sense of wonder and excitement in God\u2019s voice.<\/p>\n

For example, here\u2019s God talking about a horse:<\/p>\n

Job 39:19-25 (NIV)\u00a0
\n19\u00a0\u00a0“Do you give the horse his strength or clothe his neck with a flowing mane?
\n20\u00a0\u00a0Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?
\n21\u00a0\u00a0He paws fiercely, rejoicing in his strength, and charges into the fray.
\n22\u00a0\u00a0He laughs at fear, afraid of nothing; he does not shy away from the sword…….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8015,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8014"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8017,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8014\/revisions\/8017"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}