Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?

The Word for Today:
Job 38:1 -- 40:5

mark this:
Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. (Job 38:4)

mark this:
Behold, I am vile; What shall I answer You? I lay my hand over my mouth. (Job 40:4)


In the presence of God...
all the trash talk, the loose talk, the balderdash, the BS, the pretense, the put-on, the put-down, the blather, the bravado, the bluster, the filibuster, the psychobabble, the preening, the posturing, the pomposity, the pontification, the clever retort, the witty repartee, the rejoinder, the smokescreen, the whitewash, the innuendo, the bloviation, the bloviator, and the blowhard...
all will silence themselves in abject awe.

In the presence of God, those who haven't experienced the fear of the LORD--which the Bible says is the beginning of wisdom (1)--will gain sudden clarity: like Job, we will lay our hands over our mouths and finally manage to shut up.

The universal experience of those who are in God's presence (2) is to hit the deck in sudden realization of just Who He is--and just who we are, seen in His light. We will never define God, but His mere presence will define us.

Get a head start down the path to wisdom. Fear the LORD today.

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(1) Proverbs 9:10; (2) See Genesis 17:3; Ezekiel 1:28; Daniel 8:17; Revelation 1:17; et. al.