God’s Phone Number

Jeremiah 33:3 “’Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’” Observation: The Lord was reviewing powerful promises He will restore to the people once they have been delivered from captivity in Babylon....

Belonging Together

Jeremiah 31:3 “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness.” Observation: The theme is the restoration of Israel as the people of God. In the natural world, their captivity would come to an end and they would be restored...

Stinking Pride

Job 41:11 “Who has given to Me that I should repay him?” Observation: The great conclusion to the book of Job comes as God focuses on just one of His created things, Leviathan, and points out how absolutely futile would be Job’s attempts to catch it, tame it, even...

Unfulfilled Expectations

Job 40:4 “I am insignificant; what can I reply to You? I lay my hand on my mouth.” Observation: Through all of Job 38 and 39, God had been affirming His unlimited majesty and power using fascinating examples from the natural realm and the animal world. Then He...

Beyond Muskiness

Job 38:22-23 “Have you seen the storehouses of the hail, which I have reserved for the time of distress, for the day of war and battle?” Observation: Reading the book of Job has always required fortitude; experience tells us we will have to wade through endless...