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Speaker 1: You're listening to the chapter a Day Audio Bible. I'm

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Speaker 1: John Stangey, and today we're in Job thirty eight and

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Speaker 1: we'll be reading from the message. And now finally God

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Speaker 1: answered Job from the eye of a violent storm. He said,

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Speaker 1: why do you confuse the issue? Why do you talk

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Speaker 1: without knowing what you're talking about? Pull yourself together, Job,

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Speaker 1: Up on your feet, stand tall. I have some questions

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Speaker 1: for you, and I want some straight answers. Where were

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Speaker 1: you when I created the earth? Tell me, since you

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Speaker 1: know so much, who decided on its size? Certainly you'll

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Speaker 1: know that, who came up with the blueprints and measurements.

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Speaker 1: How is its foundation poort? And who set the cornerstone

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Speaker 1: while the morning stars sang in chorus and all the

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Speaker 1: angels shouted praise? And who took charge of the ocean

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Speaker 1: When it gushed forth like a baby from the womb

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Speaker 1: that was me. I wrapped it in soft clouds and

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Speaker 1: tucked it in safely at night. Then I made a

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Speaker 1: playpen for it, a strong playpen so it couldn't run loose,

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Speaker 1: And said stay here. This is your place. Your wild

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Speaker 1: tantrums are confined to this place. And have you ever

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Speaker 1: ordered morning, get up, told dawn, get to work, so

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Speaker 1: you could seize earth like a blanket and shake out

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Speaker 1: the wicked like cockroaches. As the sun brings everything to light,

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Speaker 1: brings out all the colors and shapes, the cover of

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Speaker 1: darkness is snatched from the wicked. They're caught in the

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Speaker 1: very act. Have you ever gotten to the true bottom

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Speaker 1: of things? Explore the labyrinthine caves of deep ocean? Do

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Speaker 1: you know the first thing about death? Do you have

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Speaker 1: one clue regarding death's dark mysteries? And do you have

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Speaker 1: any idea how large the earth is? Speak up if

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Speaker 1: you have even the beginning of an answer. Do you

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Speaker 1: know where light comes from and where darkness lives? So

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Speaker 1: you can take them by the hand and lead them

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Speaker 1: home when they get lost? Why, of course you know

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Speaker 1: that you've known them all your life, grown up in

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Speaker 1: the same neighborhood with them. Have you ever traveled to

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Speaker 1: where snow is made, seen the vault where hale is stockpiled,

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Speaker 1: the arsenals of hail and snow that I keep in

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Speaker 1: readiness for times of trouble, and battle and war? Can

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Speaker 1: you find your way to where lightning is launched or

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Speaker 1: to the place from which the wind blows? Who do

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Speaker 1: you suppose carve's canyons for the downpours of rain and

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Speaker 1: charts the root of thunderstorms that bring water to unvisited

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Speaker 1: fields deserts. No one ever lays eyes on drenching the

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Speaker 1: useless wastelands, so they're carpeted with wildflowers and grass. And

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Speaker 1: who do you think is the father of rain and dew,

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Speaker 1: minute imagine these marvels of weather just happen. Do you?

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Speaker 1: Can you catch the eye of the beautiful Pleiades sisters

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Speaker 1: or distract Orion from his hunt? Can you get Venus

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Speaker 1: to look your way? Or get the great bear and

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Speaker 1: her cubs to come out and play? Do you know

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Speaker 1: the first thing about the sky's constellations and how they

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Speaker 1: affect things on earth? Can you get the attention of

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Speaker 1: the clouds and commission a shower of rain? Can you

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Speaker 1: take charge of the lightning bulk and have them report

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Speaker 1: to you for orders? Who do you think gave great

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Speaker 1: weather wisdom to the Ibbys and storm savvy to the rooster.

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Speaker 1: Does anyone know enough to number all the clouds or

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Speaker 1: tip over the rain barrels of heaven? When the earth

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Speaker 1: is cracked and dry, the ground baked hard as a brick.

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Speaker 1: Can you teach the lioness to stalk her prey and

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Speaker 1: satisfy the appetite of her cubs as they crouch in

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Speaker 1: their den, waiting hungrily in their cave? And who sets

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Speaker 1: out food for the ravens when they're young cry to

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Speaker 1: God fluttering about because they have no food. Let's pray, Lord,

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Speaker 1: We thank you for your word, and we thank you

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Speaker 1: for the privilege of being able to look at this

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Speaker 1: portion of scripture today. And Lord, as we look at

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Speaker 1: this portion of scripture and see the words that you

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Speaker 1: spoke directly to Job, see reminders here of just how

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Speaker 1: much we need to humble ourselves before you. Lord. So

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Speaker 1: often we as people, and Job certainly did this. We

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Speaker 1: question the type of decisions that you're making, and we

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Speaker 1: think somehow that we have more wisdom than you. And

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Speaker 1: maybe we don't directly state that, but our actions and

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Speaker 1: our attitudes convey that that's actually what we seem to believe,

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Speaker 1: at least in a given moment. And Lord, when we

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Speaker 1: look at Job's circumstances and we see him questioning what

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Speaker 1: you were allowing to take place in his life, it

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Speaker 1: seems as if he was establishing himself as one who

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Speaker 1: had wisdom that was even greater than you. But Lord,

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Speaker 1: when we look at this portion of scripture, we see

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Speaker 1: this helpful reminder that you gave to Job about your

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Speaker 1: authority and about the minuscule things that we as human

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Speaker 1: beings know, compared to your omniscience, the fact that you

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Speaker 1: know everything. So Lord, we pray that as we interact

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Speaker 1: with you, that it would be with a sense of

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Speaker 1: human lilas that we would recognize that wisdom only comes

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Speaker 1: to our lives through faith in your son, Jesus Christ.

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Speaker 1: And as we believe in your son, we're in dwelled

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Speaker 1: by your Holy Spirit, and you pour your wisdom into

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Speaker 1: us through him, and we're granted an ability that you

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Speaker 1: give to be able to see things from your perspective

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Speaker 1: and to be able to employ wisdom as you supply it.

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Speaker 1: So Lord, we're grateful for that, and we pray that

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Speaker 1: throughout the course of today and every day that we live,

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Speaker 1: that we would recognize that you are above our human wisdom.

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Speaker 1: And that we need to live subject to you completely,

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Speaker 1: trusting that all your decisions are for the best. We

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Speaker 1: love you, Lord, We're grateful for your presence with us today,

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Speaker 1: and we commit this day to your care and pray

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Speaker 1: this all in Jesus' name. Amen,