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(Ray Stedman) In other words, " Do you want to debate with me Job? First, let me see your qualifications. I have a list of questions. If you can handle these questions, then perhaps you're qualified to go head-to-head with me in a debate.

(Ray Stedman) The Lord paints a vast and fully detailed picture of the complex, intricately inter-connected universe that He has created, from its most delicate and beautiful life-forms to its most awesome and terrifying forces. Clearly, only a tremendous, superhuman mind could embrace, comprehend, and direct the full range of creation in all its variety, complexity, and power. The essence of God's argument is that life is too complicated for simple answers. If you are demanding that God come up with simple answers to these deep and complicated problems, you are  asking Him to do more than you are able to understand. Therefore, we finite human beings must take the position of trusting Him, not arguing with Him. Ultimately, we must acept the fact that God does not exist for people, but people exist for God. We are God's instruments , and we exist to carry out His purposes, some of which are  so complicated and transcendent that we are hopelessly incapable of comprehending them.

( Charles Stanley) It is good to remind ourselves that the Lord is God and that we are not. He is the Creator ;we are the created. He is the Original;we are the image. He is our Friend, but absolutely not our peer

(Christopher Morley) I had a million questions to ask God; but when I met Him, they all fled  my mind and it didn't seem to matter

( Wiersbe) The answer to Job's problems were not an explanation about God, but a revelation of God

(Paul Tournier) God's answer is not an idea, a proposition, like the conclusion of a theorem; it is Himself

(Wiersbe) We prefer God to speak to us in the sunshine , but sometimes He must speak out of the storm

(Wiersbe) God's address to Job can be summarized in three questions: Can you explain my creation ?( Job 38:1-38); Can you oversee my creation ? ( 38:39-39:30) ; Can you subdue my creation? ( 40:6-41:34). Job was sure that his speeches had been filled with wisdom and knowledge, but God's questions put an end to that delusion. God didn't question Job's integrity or sincerity; He only questioned his ability to explain the ways of God in the world. Knowledge of our own ignorance is the first step toward true wisdom

( Mahatma Gandhi)  There is sufficiency in the world for man's need but not man's greed

( Statement of fact) The greatest depth measured in the world so far is in the Pacific ocean- 35,810 feet or 6.78 miles

(Wiersbe) Man may understand the heavens, but he can't control them

( The Daily Bread) He who folds the stars in space holds His people in His hands