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Job, chapter 39, verses 13 through 17.

The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, but are they the opinions and plumage of love?

For she leaves her eggs to the earth and lets them be warmed on the ground, forgetting that a foot

may crush them, that the wild beast may trample them. She deals cruelly with her young as if

they were not hers, though her labor be in vain, yet she has no fear, because God has made her

forget wisdom and given her no share in understanding. Isn't this a fascinating passage like

God when talking about his glory and his power in the world, he starts talking about the ostrich

and basically gives Job and us a picture of how the ostrich is not smart, is brainless.

How the ostrich waves her wings proudly, but doesn't know how to care for her young. Why,

verse 27? Why, verse 17, because God has made her forget wisdom and has given her no share in

understanding? God is the one who dispenses wisdom, who gives understanding, and he's not given

any of it to the ostrich. So what's the point of all this when we think about all the Job

has walked through? Why is God talking about the ostrich in this way? Basically God is saying to Job,

Job, like you are suffering and all that you're walking through is connected to thousands upon

thousands upon thousands of other mysteries in creation, and God is making clear, I am sovereign

over every single one of them. And this is so important for Job to see, it's so important for us

to see. Yes, we have questions when we walk through suffering, but there are millions of questions

in the world that we don't understand, and yet God has all understanding. God has all wisdom.

God sees, knows and understands everything, and not just understands, he is sovereign over everything

from the ostrich to every single insect in the world. That's part of what we're seeing in Job

38 and 39 is God's sovereignty over everything in creation. And the point is we can trust him.

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