THE STORY OF JESUS: Job 32-34
“For God is greater than any mortal.” (Job 33:12)
In all these speeches, this idea is what comes out again and again.
No matter how hard we try, we cannot reduce God to a system of thought.
God is greater than any of us, and greater than any of our minds.
All our best attempts to explain God’s ways with ‘theology’ fail.
God is not irrational, God is supra-rational – above and beyond our reason.
The rationalism of the enlightenment led us to reduce everything to science.
But ‘science’ speaks to what we know, and there is so much we do not know.
It takes humility to admit this, and this is what this book is getting at.
We should always hold our attempts to explain God with humility.
Our greatest statements of faith, doctrines and confessions all fall short.
God is greater than any mortal, including the greatest theologians.
One day when we stand before God, we will all see how little we knew.
We will also see that God’s grace and love will overcome our inadequacies.
As Jesus followers, we rest in the mystery and wonder of God’s grace.
What do you sense the Lord saying to you?
PRAYER
Lord, I cannot fathom the greatness of God. But through all the mystery and wonder and uncertainty, I cling to the greatness of Your grace and love.