God's Bigness

God’s Bigness (Part 1 of 6)

As I thought about the book of Job, my thoughts went back to my childhood and the sermons I had heard about the “Patience of Job” or the “Faith of Job”.  Then I began to take a closer look at the book as a whole and it does have a lot to say about the man.  However, I think that the book says a lot more about God than it does about Job.  The book screams of a great big GOD!!. 

In the first two chapters God’s bigness is displayed in Job’s character and wealth.  Consider the first 5 verses: There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil. There were born to him seven sons and three daughters. He possessed 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 female donkeys, and very many servants, so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the east. His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. And when the days of the feast had run their course, Job would send and consecrate them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, “It may be that my children have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts.” Thus Job did continually (Taken from the ESV, emphasis mine)

Three things strike me from this passage.  The first is that he had a right relationship with God, second is that he had a good reputation with man and third he was consistent.  This speaks of how big God was in Job’s life.  Yes, Job was a great man, but his God was even greater!  Job was nothing without God.  Job had nothing without God.  That is a lesson we will do well to learn.