Job 11:7 | MHM | STEP | The Greatness of God and the Smallness of Man This section shares Zophar’s thoughts about God’s greatness and man’s weakness. Zophar wants us to compare the glory of God with the foolishness of men. If we understand both, we will learn to trust God’s decisions, even when we don’t understand why things happen. v. 7-9 : Zophar says God is too great for us to fully understand. Can you discover the secrets of God? Can you probe the limits of the Almighty? (Job 11:7 ). We are small and limited, but God is infinite. Even if we try very hard, we cannot know everything about Him. We can find some things about God by searching, like Paul said, that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel their way toward him and find him (Acts 17:27 ). But we cannot understand God completely, especially the things He chooses to keep secret. God’s wisdom and power are so big, they are higher than the sky, deeper than the grave, longer than the earth, and wider than the sea (Job 11:8-9 ). The Bible says, Such knowledge is too wonderful for me (Psalm 139:6 ). Paul also describes God’s love as having great breadth, length, depth, and height (Ephesians 3:18-19 ). We should talk about God with respect and never demand that He explain everything to us. We should thank God for what He shows us and look forward to seeing Him fully one day (1 Corinthians 13:9-10 ).

‏ Job 11:7

The Greatness of God and the Smallness of Man

This section shares Zophar’s thoughts about God’s greatness and man’s weakness. Zophar wants us to compare the glory of God with the foolishness of men. If we understand both, we will learn to trust God’s decisions, even when we don’t understand why things happen.

v. 7-9: Zophar says God is too great for us to fully understand. Can you discover the secrets of God? Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?(Job 11:7 ^a). We are small and limited, but God is infinite. Even if we try very hard, we cannot know everything about Him. We can find some things about God by searching, like Paul said, that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel their way toward him and find him(Acts 17:27 ^b). But we cannot understand God completely, especially the things He chooses to keep secret. God’s wisdom and power are so big, they are higher than the sky, deeper than the grave, longer than the earth, and wider than the sea (Job 11:8-9 ^c). The Bible says, Such knowledge is too wonderful for me(Psalm 139:6 ^d). Paul also describes God’s love as having great breadth, length, depth, and height (Ephesians 3:18-19 ^e). We should talk about God with respect and never demand that He explain everything to us. We should thank God for what He shows us and look forward to seeing Him fully one day (1 Corinthians 13:9-10 ^f).