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Job chapter 41, verse 11.

Who has first given to me that I should repay him?

Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine.

Such a powerful verse that shows us God's supreme ownership of all things,

including you and me. Job 4111, God's saying to Job, who gives anything to me that I have

not already given to him?

It makes me think, and I've used this illustration before, about when one of my children

buys me a gift, a present for my birthday or for Father's Day, using my money to buy it. So did they really give me something? Well, yes,

in a sense, of course they did, it came from their heart, but at the same time, I'm the one who

actually gave this to myself because everything they have came from me when it comes to the money they were using so

D.A. Carson summarizes this so well talking about Job chapter 41 verse 11 I'll just quote from

him he said this verse is a salutary reminder that we are not independent and we prayed about

this in light of joke 38 38 earlier, but follow this.

Carson continues, even if God were not the supremely good God he is, we would have no comeback.

He owns us. He owns the universe. All the authority is his. All the branches of divine government

are his. The ultimate judiciary is his.

There's no outside place from which to judge him. To pretend otherwise is futile. Worse, it's part of

our race's rebellion against God, imagining he owes us something, imagining we are well placed

to tell him off, like Job has been doing at different points.

Then Carson says such wild fantasy is neither sensible nor good.

In other words, Job 41, verse 11, is a reminder that we belong to God, that everything in the

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