The book of Job is very instructive if we want to learn how to think of ourselves. Yes we have great
promises of power and Immortality, but before any of that come learning and humbling. Why humbling,
because without true humility; humanity cannot be entrusted with such Great Power and Might.Job 38: 1-12 (GNB)1 Then out of the storm the LORD spoke to Job.
2 Who are you to question my wisdom with your ignorant, empty words?
3 Now stand up straight and answer the questions I ask you.
4 Were you there when I made the world? If you know so much, tell me about it.
5 Who decided how large it would be? Who stretched the measuring line over it? Do you know all the answers?
6 What holds up the pillars that support the earth? Who laid the cornerstone of the world?
7 In the dawn of that day the stars sang together, and the heavenly beings shouted for joy.
8 Who closed the gates to hold back the sea when it burst from the womb of the earth?
9 It was I who covered the sea with clouds and wrapped it in darkness.
10 I marked a boundary for the sea and kept it behind bolted gates.
11 I told it, "So far and no farther! Here your powerful waves must stop."
12 Job, have you ever in all your life commanded a day to dawn?
Job 38:13 Have you ordered the dawn to seize the earth and shake the wicked from their hiding places?
Job 38:17 Has anyone ever shown you the gates that guard the dark world of the dead?
Job 38:31 Can you tie the Pleiades together or loosen the bonds that hold Orion?
Job 40:8 Are you trying to prove that I am unjust--- to put me in the wrong and yourself in the right?
Job 40:15 Look at the monster Behemoth; I created him and I created you. He eats grass like a cow,
Job 41:1 Can you catch Leviathan with a fishhook or tie his tongue down with a rope?
Job 41:8 Touch him once and you'll never try it again; you'll never forget the fight!
Job 41:9 Anyone who sees Leviathan loses courage and falls to the ground.
Job 42: 1-6
1 Then Job answered the LORD.
2 I know, LORD, that you are all-powerful; that you can do everything you want.
3 You ask how I dare question your wisdom when I am so very ignorant. I talked about things I did not understand, about marvels too great for me to know.
4 You told me to listen while you spoke and to try to answer your questions.
5 In the past I knew only what others had told me, but now I have seen you with my own eyes.
6 So I am ashamed of all I have said and repent in dust and ashes.
george.