Why Me? Why Now? Why This?

Have you been to the warehouses where snow is stored or seen the warehouses for hail
that I have stored up for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war?
Which is the way to the place where light is scattered and the east wind is spread across the earth?
"Who made a channel for the flooding rains and a path for the thunderstorms
to bring rain on a land where no one lives, on a desert where there are no humans,
to saturate the desolate wasteland in order to make it sprout with grass?
Does the rain have a father? Who gave birth to the dewdrops?
From whose womb came the ice, and who has given birth to the frost in the air?
The water hardens like a stone, and the surface of the ocean freezes over.
Job 38:22-30 (GW)

1. The World Below: Earth - Job 38:4-7 Sea - Job 38:8-11 Sunrise - Job 38:12-15 Land and Sea - Job 38:16-18
2. The World Above: Light - Job 38:19-21 Snow and Hail - Job 38:22-30 Galaxies - Job 38:31-33 Rain - Job 38:34-38
3. Animal Life: Lions and Birds - Job 38:39-41 Birth of animals - Job 39:1-4 Oxen - Job 39:13-18 War Horse - Job 39:19-25 Hawk - Job 39:26-30


Why would God spend so much time and give so much detail to Job concerning all these things? Although the reason is simple, it is very profound in nature and one that all of us should remember when we are tempted to murmur and complain to God about anything. God is reminding Job that concerning all of the things mentioned in chapters 38 and 39, Job is completely and totally ignorant. God said that not only did he create all these things, He also controls all of them. It was as if God were saying to Job, "Don’t you think that if I can do all these things, I can take care of your life? Who do you think you are to question me"?