Pastor Leon’s SOAP:  Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer
November 11, 2022: SOAP #4726: Job 37, 38; 1Corinthians 12

SCRIPTURE:  Job (NIV) 38:31 “Can you bind the beautiful Pleiades? Can you lose the cords of Orion? 32 Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear with its cubs? 33 Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set up God’s dominion over the earth?

OBSERVATION:  In chapter 38, we do not have Job or his friends talking, but God Himself is questioning Job!   And in questioning Job, God mentions something about which I have never put much thought.  “Job, do you know the LAWS OF THE HEAVENS?”   God did not ask Job if there are any laws; of course, there are laws.  “Job, do you know them?” 

APPLICATION: In Job’s Day, people had probably not given much thought to the LAWS OF THE HEAVENS.  But those who lived by the oceans were affected by the gravitational pull of the moon on the ocean tides.  The tides did not work according to their knowledge, but according to God’s law. 

Today, the astronauts consider the speed and trajectory of the moon as they plan their flight and arrival on its surface.  They know that the size of the planet/moon affects the gravitational pull. 

Everything God has created is affected by God’s laws!  God’s spiritual laws are just as important as His physical laws, as His laws of nature, and as His relational laws.  God’s laws are expressions of His own being and nature.  He is an orderly Creator. 

PRAYER:   Heavenly Father, as I stand and gaze at the heavens you created, help me remember that you are a God of order.  To maintain order, You have set laws in the heavens and have set laws for people. Help me not to ignore what you have set here for my good.  Amen

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