Boss.

JOB was a boss.  He owned fantastic wealth.  The Bible calls him “the greatest man among all the peoples of the East” 1:3.  He understood lawsuits; he knew how to secure justice.  When young men saw him they backed away, older men stood, city officials and noblemen stopped talking.  “Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my advice … I lived as a king among his troops” 29:21,25. 

The Bible lists Job’s 12,000 head of livestock (“live-stock,” a term that could be translated “money on the hoof”), yet it does not number his servants.  The number must have been high. 

Job was not A boss.  Job was THE boss.

Then God—the REAL boss—came to this junior-boss with questions.  Imagine God asking these questions of today’s bosses: world leaders, corporate executives, CEOs, generals, coaches.

“Who do you think you are?  Where were you at creation? How was the world made? What keeps the oceans in place? Who keeps the planets and stars in orbit? Where are lightning bolts stored? How are the lions fed? Can you give orders to a wild donkey and make him work for you? Will the wild ox serve you and harvest your grain? Can you boss the ostrich? Who put the mane on the horse? Can you explain that? Can you give orders to the eagle, telling it where to soar, and where to build its nest?” Job chapters 38 and 39.

How would you respond if God asked you these questions? What can an insignificant human say to GOD?  Even a king must humble himself.  King Nebuchadnezzar learned that lesson when God touched the proud king’s mind and left him crawling on all fours and eating grass for seven years (Daniel 4).  But Job had wisdom; God merely spoke the words and Job humbled himself.

“I am insignificant. How can I answer You? I place my hand over my mouth. I have spoken once, and I will not reply.  Twice, but now I can add nothing” Job 40:4-5.

God, give us humility.

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