You must be in fellowship prior to your Bible study, so that the spiritual information you receive can become a source, of blessing to your soul and produce spiritual growth.
Job 37:8
8 Then the beasts [chay] go [bow'] into [bamow] dens ['ereb], and remain [shakan] in their places [ma`ownah].
KJV-Interlinear
8 'Then the beast goes into its
lair, And remains in its den. NASB
Helplessness is the theme, and even when the winter
sets in, God protects the animals during times when food is scarce.
Some animals migrate to warmer climates. Some animals move into dens and hibernate for
the season.
But when the spring thaw comes around again, as it
does each year, animal life leaps into abundance each year as it has for
thousands of years.
Animals do not possess the intellect of man. Animals cannot plant or plan for bad
times. Animals are dependent totally on
nature, and the weather, and the seasons. They have no control over anything in
nature. They have no control over
anything in life.
Likewise, man has no similar controls in life, despite
his presumption that he has. Man has no
ability to control or even manage the climate, despite his presumption that
only his actions will somehow alter climate behavior.
Not to say that we should do nothing. Being responsible and innovative is a
fundamental attribute of Christianity.
And often times, high prices and circumstances drive mans innovation out
of necessity. For example the high
prices of oil are serving as a catalyst for driving research into alternative
sources of energy.
When the price of a barrel of oil was only four
dollars some forty years ago, there wasn't much incentive to pursue extremely
expensive alternatives. But today, that
situation has changed.
You can argue that politics and activists are partly
to blame for the high prices, but all of that is irrelevant. The situation we have today is what we have,
and unless new oil is discovered, the current reserves will run out in thirty
or forty years. Needless to say, energy prices
are only going to get worse. That will
make everything else in life cost more. So
tighten your belts.
Helplessness?
What will you do when gas prices are ten times what they are today? What will you do when you get into an
accident and become disabled? What will
you do when life pushes you into the corner of helplessness?
And here Elihu asks that question, in so many
words. When will you realize that your
only hope is God, and that your only access to God is through your daily study?
Of course we can always look to elected leaders for
'change.' But what are they are going to
change, or how will they make their changes?
Who is really going to pay the price for change? You are.
Don't become the fool who follows the leader of fools. Your spiritual life is your only survivable
path through the inevitable trail that history is going to take us all. Let God manage it and you, through His Word.
Now is the time to post a prayer.
End Of Lesson
Study to show thyself approved (mature) unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing (studying/discerning), the Word of truth.
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