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chambers of the south; Who does great things, unfathomable, and
wondrous works without number.”

Do you see what I am saying? Job already knew all these things. In
chapter 38:35 God said, “Who controls the lightning?” In chapter 28:26,
Job says, “He has set a limit for the rain and a course for the
thunderbolts.” Job already knew most of what God was saying. Chapter
38:39-41. God said, Job, did you know I provided for the animals?
Chapter 12:7-10 in his answer to Zophar, Job points that out. Do you see
my point?
I know God was not telling Job: Do you see how ignorant you are, Job?
You do not know anything. Because almost all of what God said, Job had
already said in the debates. I used to think that was the purpose. That God
was showing Job that if you do not understand things natural, how are you
going to understand things supernatural?
The second thing God is not doing, is He is not trying to show Job that he
is insignificant. When you read chapter 40: 3–5 “Behold, I am
insignificant,” If that was God’s purpose, He would have ended His
speech right there. But God said, no, Job, that is not what I want you to
see. I want you to see Behemoth and Leviathan. You have to see that if
you are going to understand the answer to the sufferings and mysteries of
life.
It looks like God is telling him he is nothing, doesn’t it? “Where were you
when I laid the foundation of the earth?” “Where were you when the
angels were singing?” “The animals are fed without you; they calve
without you; they do not need you for anything. Even the eggs in the sand.
I take care of everything, Job. You are nothing. Zero.” But that is not
what God was saying. For years that is exactly what I thought. I really
did. I thought, look at the littleness of man and the greatness of God.

All right, what was He trying to say? I believe the answer is this. God was
trying to show Himself. Now when you study this message don’t ask,
“What is the answer to the problems of life?” Ask, “Who is the answer
to the problems of life”. Because in this message, God presents Himself,
as the answer to the problems of life. You see, He was not showing man
his darkness; He was showing man a world that was alive to God. One
that was brilliant and luminous to Him. God could see all these things.
There is a difference in emphasis. Not man’s ignorance, but God’s
wisdom and God’s knowledge.

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