The Sunday of Job (CL)

Job 38:1-18
1 Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
2 “Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
3 Dress for action like a man;
I will question you, and you make it known to me.
4 “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
Tell me, if you have understanding.
5 Who determined its measurements—surely you know!
Or who stretched the line upon it?
6 On what were its bases sunk,
or who laid its cornerstone,
7 when the morning stars sang together
and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8 “Or who shut in the sea with doors
when it burst out from the womb,
9 when I made clouds its garment
and thick darkness its swaddling band,
10 and prescribed limits for it
and set bars and doors,
11 and said, ‘Thus far shall you come, and no farther,
and here shall your proud waves be stayed’?
12 “Have you commanded the morning since your days began,
and caused the dawn to know its place,
13 that it might take hold of the skirts of the earth,
and the wicked be shaken out of it?
14 It is changed like clay under the seal,
and its features stand out like a garment.
15 From the wicked their light is withheld,
and their uplifted arm is broken.
16 “Have you entered into the springs of the sea,
or walked in the recesses of the deep?
17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you,
or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?
18 Have you comprehended the expanse of the earth?
Declare, if you know all this.
The Holy Bible : English standard version. 2001 (Job 38:1-18). Wheaton: Standard Bible Society.

In the Musical "My Fair Lady" there is a song, "Without You."
"What a fool I was what a dominated fool
to think you were the Earth and sky ...
You are not the beginning and the end. ...
There'll be spring every year without you.
England still will be here without you,
There'll be fruit on the tree and shore by the sea,
There'll be crumpets and tea without you. ...
Without your pulling it the tide comes in
Without your twirling it the Earth can spin.
Without your pushing them the clouds roll by.
If they can do without you Ducky SO CAN I."

This may be true about Henry Higgins and Job, but it is not true about God. The Tide does not come in without God. The Earth would stop spinning without God. The Clouds would not come or go without God. God reminds Job and all of us that without Him we are nothing.

God is the one who created all things. How can you talk to him with such insolence? You are just a fallen creature. You are not even worthy of the things God gives you. You can not even comprehend the mercy God has shown you even by giving you joy in life. How much can you comprehend the grace and peace of God in Christ Jesus?

This is all by the grace of God. He sent His beloved Son so that you would be redeemed and have eternal life. This not of our comprehension but a free gift of the mercy, love, peace, and joy of our Father in Heaven. They can not do without Him, and neither can we.