Read today’s texts first: Job 39-40; 1 Corinthians 13-14
We need glorified bodies before we learn the answers to all our questions. Right now, it would blow our minds!
I love this part of the book of Job – when God has the last word! His series of unanswerable questions gives all of us perspective on how little we know. Paul described it well when he said “we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror” (13:12).
That’s why we have spiritual gifts – they give us insight and power beyond our limited resources. And that’s why we know they are for today – right now, in this day of the completed canon (cessationists believe spiritual gifts became out-moded after the Bible was complete). They only become unnecessary when we see Jesus face-to-face (13:12), when we know what He knows. We will need glorified bodies by then because when we learn the answers to the questions He asks of Job, it would blow the minds we have right now!
There are so many questions I have for God. I don’t always understand why things don’t go exactly as I plan or even as I pray. I often try to help God with His planning! But I’ve learned with Job that God has a better plan and that He doesn’t always let me in on it. God never does tell Job why he went through his trials. The inference from the questions God poses is to just trust Him – there’s stuff you don’t know and can’t know yet.
“Lord, I trust You with my life and I want to endure any test that comes my way with unwavering faith. Let me learn from Job not to condemn You by trying to justify myself (40:8). As I remain on this side of heaven, I will continue to seek Your plan and power by using the gifts You offer to and through me. Yet I long for the day when I will see you face-to-face and ‘I shall know fully even as I am fully known’ (13:12).”
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