Day 30

Job 38:1-40:5.  “Creator”

The work of creation is one of the greatest evidences of God’s power.  He uses it here to help Job understand how great the Almighty One is.
On the first day of this month you read the biblical account of creation.  Many of us take God’s creation for granted and have lost sight of the magnitude of what God did.  Mankind has become quite skilled at creating different things from automobiles to computers; we can make some pretty amazing stuff.  However, no one has ever created something ex nihilo, or ‘out of nothing’ as God did.  It is not as though God brought together the raw materials of the universe and followed the instruction manual.  No, he simply spoke things into existence.  His creative power is beyond all that we can imagine.  “In the beginning God created…” (Gen. 1:1).  God has always existed.  We may not be able to fully comprehend this, and we certainly cannot create ex nihilo, but we can accept it and believe just as Job did (40:3-5).

General Questions for each day:
Summarize the day’s Bible passage in your own words.
What thoughts, actions, attitudes or beliefs are addressed in the passage?
How is the Holy Spirit leading you to apply this passage to your life today?