Listening & Learning — A Devotional

Job 39:1

GOD IS SOVEREIGN

Job 39:1. “Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? Or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?” GOD IS SOVEREIGN. From the largest to the smallest they carry out God's will In the animal kingdoms of the world the evidence is still There for each man to see that he may come to the decision - There is a God in the universe who rules over earth and heaven.

Look at each creature and analyze them each one by one - And it is not very long until I see that each of them Has been created by God to suit a special place and role. They act according to the Sovereign God's plan without a willful soul.

Some are made with instincts that seem to me amazing. Some are made to fly and soar, others are made for grazing. But each created animal is doing what was intended By the Sovereign God of the universe when His creative work was ended.

What then has gone wrong with mankind made in God's own image? Man was made to use these creatures to his own personal advantage. There is in us that is not in them, three things that make us different. Each of these God has shared with us and for fellowship is sufficient.

We have a mind that develops and stores limitless information - So, we can learn what God intends that we might have salvation. The mind can be controlled to think that we might do what we know is right. When our mind is aligned with God's, we walk with Him in the light.

The will of man and the will of God should always be the same. But that changed drastically when into man's mind sin came The choices the will makes now, often reflects the world's, not God's. The only way the will really works right is when Jesus is truly Lord.

A third part of humanity that is not in the animal kingdom - Is the ability to initiate love, unlike beasts who respond to what love brings them. When man is in fellowship with God and appreciating eternal life - The love of a Sovereign God and us makes this present life so right.

“Father God, and Creator of all things: I wonder greatly at the marvelous way Thou hast made every animal to suit the environment chosen for them. And here am I, able to adapt in some degree to changing environments and to function in each one. Surely mankind is a unique being created for Thee. May I serve Thee today gladly in mind and will and love. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.”