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“Or who enclosed the sea with doors when, bursting forth, it went out
from the womb; When I made a cloud its garment and thick
darkness its swaddling band.”
Do you see what he is doing? He is illustrating His greatness. The mighty
ocean is just like a newborn babe in God’s arms.
“And I placed boundaries on it and set a bolt and doors,
and I said, ‘Thus far you shall come, but no farther; And here shall
your proud waves stop’?

Then God takes that little baby and puts it in its crib, and says to the
ocean, “No more”. You see, He is referring to the great laws that govern
the tides, and God has controlled the sea so it can come so far and no
further.
“Job, where were you when I did that?” Chapter 38:12–15. “Job, when
was the last time you commanded the sun to rise in the morning and the
night to go away?” Verse 16, “Say, Job, can you tell me where the springs
of the ocean are? Have you explored the depths of the sea?” Try to
capture the wonder of this. Job has challenged this One to a debate. This
One who hung the stars in space, the One over Whom the angels sang.
Who holds the ocean like a little baby in His arms and Who governs the
tides. Job has declared that he would stand and argue like a prince. He is
not doing very well. Come on, Job, God has asked you some questions.
Verse 17. “Surely, Job, you have been beyond the gate of death, haven’t
you? What is it like over there?” Verse 18. “Surely, you know the
measurements of this little earth. You could tell me its diameter and its
mass and its weight, the depths of the ocean, the number of grains of
sand”. Verse 19–21. “Tell me, Job, where does light begin and darkness
end? Can you trace light to its source, Job?” Verse 22–24. “Surely, you
can explain the weather to Me.” Verse 25–27. “Job, I not only do not need
your help, but I do not even need your presence. I water the land where no
man is.” Verse 28 – 30, “Has the rain a father?” “Are you in charge of
that, Job? Can you make an iceberg.”

I saw an iceberg yesterday on the television, and boy what an awesome
thing it is! I could not believe it. Those men look like little ants as they
tried to climb it. Job, can you make that? Verse 31–33,
“Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades, or loose the cords of
Orion? Can you lead forth a constellation in its season, and guide
the Bear with her satellites? Do you know the ordinances of the
heavens, or fix their rule over the earth?”

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