Job 38:4-6 "Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand. Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it? On what were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone.
The symbolism here is likening the earth with a structure. When one is constructing a house or other building, the fortifying of a solid foundation is vital to the permanence and longevity of the design. God exemplifies himself as laying down the earth on the most enduring and secure footing. God asked of Job, "where were you," which is rhetorical since Job was not present when God did lay the foundation of the earth. Since he was not present at the world's creation, he could not have helped God in His creation process.
It would be pretentious of
you and me to attempt to aid or help God in any way. I was told by a person once
that they had been assisting God to move some mountains. God, who created the
mountains in the first place, could relocate them at His will at any time that
might please Him. He certainly does not need our feeble human assistance.
However, the mountains are
symbolic of any situation that we find ourselves in that seems to have no
resolve. Trying to go to the aid of God when He is leading us through a dark
valley will only prolong our stay in the valley. It would be just as
pretentious of us to try to help God help us through some rough patch as
thinking we could help Him move a physical mountain. Dissimilar to popular
belief, the phrase "God helps those that help themselves" is not in
any part of God's Holy Word.
The key is trust and
faith, trust that everything He has promised and told us in His Word is rock
solid. Faith that He is faithful and does not lie, He will never leave or
forsake us, and we will never take one step in this life alone, whether on the
mountaintop or in the valley. He will always be there.
The problem with trying to
help God help us through a dark valley we find ourselves in is that we cannot
see the other side, but God can. It is human nature to attempt to get out of
any dark valley we find ourselves in as soon as possible. God has a reason for
us being there to start with, and He has a plan for the path we will take
through the valley and how long we will be there.
Another phase of human
nature is to wonder why us: why is God sending me through this valley? Again,
faith and trust are the bottom line where the rubber meets the road. This
gospel truth also would require some knowledge of the Word of God. In His Word,
there are many stories about followers and believers in Christ Jesus that have
experienced much greater trials and tribulations than we could ever imagine.
All of them have one thing in common: personal spiritual growth. There will be
many benefits of going through some dark valley, both to God and ourselves.
However, the most significant advantage is that we will emerge from the
tribulation a little wiser and a little more mature than when we went in
(Romans 8:28).
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