Amazing God 4

This is my last set of six declarations from the book of Job, where the Lord describes His awesome creative power in the light of Job's suffering:

Job 39:25 He put strength in the horse

and clothed its neck with beauty

and thunder (power).

He filled the horse with courage in war

Job 39:26-30 He created the hawk and the eagle

who fly and live by His design

Job 40:9 His arm is strong

and His voice is like thunder

Job 40:10 He is robed with majesty and splendor;

glory and beauty

Job 40:15-24 He created huge animals

and gave them strength.

Only God can come near them

Job 41:1-34 He has all power over the devil

Rev. 4:11

"You are worthy, O Lord,

To receive glory and honor and power;

For You created all things,

And by Your will they exist and were created."

Rev. 5:13

And every creature which is in heaven

and on the earth and under the earth

and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them,

I heard saying: "Blessing and honor and glory

and power Be to Him who sits on the throne,

And to the Lamb, forever and ever!"

Amazing God 1: HERE

The Elephant and the Rope

As a man was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at anytime, break away from their bonds but for some reason, they did not.

He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away. “Well,” trainer said, “when they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it’s enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free.”

The man was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because they believed they couldn’t, they were stuck right where they were.

Like the elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a belief that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once before?

Failure is part of learning; we should never give up the struggle in life.