i've had some time to think about it
& watch the sun sink like a stone A sermon on God's reply to Job : At last, God speaks up! After 36 tortured chapters of Job pleading for a hearing from God, his petition is finally granted. And God’s rejoinder here is rightly considered the climax of the book. God’s fiery speech is as compelling as it is captivating. Like Job, it leaves us rapt . The trouble , though, is once the spell of God’s speech wears off , you find yourself in as much of, if not more of, a bind than before God spoke up! God’s speech covers literally everything under the sun and more, too! Everything that is, except Job and his claim. God’s retort never once addresses Job’s complaint or even the cause of his suffering! As far as God is interested, it would appear, Job’s concerns about law and order are totally beside the point! In fact, God seems to takes a special kind of delight in all those things that elude Job’s grasp! The cumulative effect of this speech is to cow Job, as I suspect it does...