This week’s lesson seriously puts us in our proper places.
When things aren’t going the way we want them to go is that a sign that God is too busy to care about us; maybe He is just taking a nap.
Inattention by God is the only logical answer for us not having an immediate response to our problems.
We know that God can take the time to converses with people because we have written records of God speaking directly with individuals.
Several examples of God making personal contact with individuals are found in this week’s lesson.
God spoke to Jacob in a dream. Genesis 28:10-17.
Moses was herding sheep when he saw a bush on fire; a bush on fire that was not being consumed must have been a startling sight. Ex. 3:1 & 4:17
Of all things would you expect to hear God almighty speaking to you in a small voice? 1 Kings 19:9-18. If it would have been me asking God instead of Job I think my questions would have been endless.
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Zechariah and Mary where spoken to by God not directly but by the angel Gabriel. Luke 1:5-38.
The mighty and self-sufficient Saul who was on an important mission to decimate and imprison Christians in the name of the ruling Jewish Sanhedrin had a very personal conversation with God while lying in the middle of the dusty Damascus Road. Acts 9:1-9.
The book of Revelations was written by the Apostol John after God spoke directly with him on the island of Patmos. We can read God’s interaction with John in Revelations 1:9 & 3:22.
This week we reached the stage in Job’s life where God finally spoke directly to Job from inside a whirlwind.
I don’t know about you; I think If it would have been me speaking with God instead of Job, my why questions would have been endless.
God why did you take all of my children away from