Our scripture for the Daily Devotional today is taken from Job 38:12-20. Who takes orders from you? Do your children comply with your instructions are followed? Perhaps like me, no one including my kids obeys my requests!
“Have you ever given orders to the morning,
or shown the dawn its place,
13 that it might take the earth by the edges
and shake the wicked out of it?
14 The earth takes shape like clay under a seal;
its features stand out like those of a garment.
15 The wicked are denied their light,
and their upraised arm is broken.
16 “Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea
or walked in the recesses of the deep?
17 Have the gates of death been shown to you?
Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?
18 Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth?
Tell me, if you know all this.
19 “What is the way to the abode of light?
And where does darkness reside?
20 Can you take them to their places?
Do you know the paths to their dwellings?”
Did you give the orders?
God is the one who commands the sea where to stop and when the sun should rise and set. All creation follows the command and instruction of its creator. It brings them a joy to serve their Lord, obeying His laws. No matter where you go on earth, or beyond into the universe, creation follows the heartbeat of the King.
God has given us free choice, and we so often overlook the privilege and responsibility of this. The world is full of those that abuse their free will to serve themselves, their desires, and their pride.
Let us bear the warning from the world and all that God created around us. Seek out the light and follow the law for the glory of God and the preservation of our souls.