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Reading JOB to Know God

Chapter 1 Introduction to the Whole Book

I will ask you to open to the book of Job. We are going to study the book
of Job together and as usual, the first lesson of any study is an
introduction lesson. Our purpose for this initial look is to get the main
idea, the main theme of the Holy Spirit into our hearts. So before we begin
digging into the book itself, we will sort of fly over it and get a bird’s eye
view of the whole book.
I am always using that expression, “bird’s eye view”. I mean more than
just an aerial view. The Lord has so engineered the bird’s eyes that they
are more efficient than any other animal on earth. It is truly incredible the
way it is curved and shaped so it can instantaneously bring into sharp
focus any object that it is looking at. Birds even produce a special oil in
their eyes which super enhances their ability to differentiate colors with
extraordinary precision. They found that in some species the difference
between the male and the female’s coloring is so insignificant that they
need this skill to recognize who their lover is. God has given us better
eyes in our hearts to be able to see Him as the Beloved Bridegroom of our
soul.

They also have something called monocular vision. Mono means one or
single. But because their eyes are fixed on the sides of their heads rather
than in front they possess panoramic peripheral vision. With it they can
see great expanses around them including the whole landscape. The
miracle doesn’t stop there because they also have binocular vision.
Binocular vision means that when they focus on something, the image
becomes magnified. That is how the eagle dives down from thousands of
feet in the sky and catches a field mouse. As it is coming down it actually
focuses its eye as if it were a telescope.

So we are going to take a bird’s eye view of the book of Job. Now I hope
a bird’s eye view means a lot more to you. We are going to take a
monocular view to see the whole landscape. Then with a binocular view
we will focus in on the specific things the Holy Spirit leads us to.

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