November 23, 2012 – Job 39

Several animals and their actions are used to make the point of our lack of control.  The ox, ostrich, horse, and eagle. 

The lack of fear is brought up several times.  Our fear makes us human.  We don’t do things animals do because of our fear.  I wonder if this is pointing to fear of God at all.  With knowledge of God, there is a fear of God, and that makes us different than the animals.  When you lose that fear of God, you slip back into the realm where you are animalistic.  Don’t we see that occurring in our world.  We are taking God out and bringing in ideas that we are all just really glorified animals, here to live life to the fullest, do whatever we want until we die.