Job 9:8-9 (NIV) - He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea. He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.
In this chapter, Job responds to his friend Bildad the Shuhite.
Job recognizes God’s role as the creator of the universe.
I find it fascinating that Job mentions the names of the constellations.
God set these forth in the night sky from the beginning.
God created them before man gave them names and used them for navigation, time keeping and more.
Paul, in his first letter to Corinth, discusses food offered to idols.
He writes about those who worship many gods.
Paul then reminds his readers whom they worship and why.
1 Corinthians 8:6 (NRSVue) - yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.
I find it interesting that Paul uses the words “from whom” and “for whom” in relation to God.
Paul then uses “through whom” in relation to Christ.
God has indeed created a wonderful universe.
God also created life and, by extension, us.
God also created all things that sustain physical life,
This was an expression of God’s love for us, and we should be grateful.
But God also expressed his love for us “through” Christ.
For it is through Christ that we are saved.
This was the ultimate expression of God’s love for us,
For this, we should be extremely grateful.
We should also take the time to say, “Thank you!”
Blessings,
Jim Pokorny
The Other Brother Jim
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