a whirlwind is fast approaching

The Word for today: Job 36:1 -- 37:24

mark this: 36:32-33--

He fills his hands with lightning
and commands it to strike its mark.

His thunder announces the coming storm;
even the cattle make known its approach.

Elihu portrays a majestic God, distanced from man's daily concerns.

But God is not distant. Though he is all-powerful and all-knowing, God longs for a close relationship with you and with me. He even became one of us; He lived the life we live, died the death we die--just to annul the separation.

When God seems far away, it is not because he is so high and mighty that he can't relate to us. When God is distant, it's not by His choice. Rather, it is our sins--our choices--which separate us from God:
But your iniquities have separated
you from your God;
your sins have hidden his face from you,
so that he will not hear. (1)

Elihu repeatedly refers to the weather--lightning and thunder and rain and wind--as he speaks. A storm was gathering:
His thunder announces the coming storm;
even the cattle make known its approach.

A whirlwind is fast approaching. It's God's turn to speak.

(1) Isaiah 59:2