Stuck on Job

Can you draw out Leviathan with a hook in which you lower?. . .

No one is so fierce that he would stir him up.

Who then is able to stand against ME?

Who has preceded ME that I should pay him?

Everything under ME is MINE.

For those of you who don't know, Leviathan was thought to be either an earthly being or a mythical creature made up in ancient times. Nonetheless, God uses the description of Leviathan to show strength in creation and how powerful it can be. Then he puts it back into perspective, if God is creator of all things then Leviathan is a being created by God. God is greater than creation, this monster he speaks of is no threat to him whatsoever. 

But Job complained about his situation, and a sorrowful one it was. Boils, family destroyed, left with nothing but sackcloth and ashes. Though Job passed his test in the end I'd have to say that God had to prove a point to Job, that God is God in and through everything. Job was creation, Job was being terrorized by a created being, Job felt helpless and was ready for death. 

God had other plans, he decided to show Job who was in control of everything even the terrible Leviathan. He was and is God of all, and we should never be so put down that we are ready to give up on everything. God is God in and through everything. 

Job is one of my favorite books of the Bible because God really shows us who it is that holds the universe in hand. He even reveals places that he has been on, in, and around the earth while asking Job a series of questions:

Have you entered the springs of the sea?

Or have you walked in search of the depths?

Have the gates of death been revealed to you?

Or have you seen the doors of the shadow of death?

It's amazing to me that even now no man can delve to the depths of the ocean without his lungs bursting because of the pressure. He asks Job these things, and Job never even knew the technology we would have to get to the depths would even be available, yet God asks him this and with a resounding NO as the answer. 

Though Job is perceived to be a very very biblical ancient writing, application for today is ridiculous; hard times fall on a friend, friends come to console with maybe not so good advice or judgment, then God shows his power. 

God is God in and through everything.

All to God