The Lord gives and the Lord takes away. No matter what you think about this passage, God said that Job didn't sin by saying it. Well if it is incorrect then why wasn't it sin. Not only did he speak out of his ignorance (see Job 42:3), but I believe what he was saying from his heart is that God is a sovereign god. He can and will do as He pleases and not as we please. In Job 2:10 he reiterates this: "Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?" Once again he is saying God is sovereign and so being we must accept anything that He gives us whether we like it or not.

In Job 13:15, Job proclaims, "Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him." Habakkuk 3:17-18 says,
"17 Though the fig tree may not blossom, Nor fruit be on the vines; Though the labor of the olive may fail, And the fields yield no food; Though the flock may be cut off from the fold, And there be no herd in the stalls- 18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation."

This is one of my favorite psalms. It isn't in the book of Psalms but it is a psalm sung by the prophet Habakkuk. I will praise the Lord even if things are not going my way. For He is sovereign and I am privileged to praise Him.

Psalm 24:1-2
1 "The earth is the LORD's, and all its fullness, The world and those who dwell therein. 2 For He has founded it upon the seas, And established it upon the waters."

Psalm 89:11-12
11 "The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours; The world and all its fullness, You have founded them. 12 The north and the south, You have created them;"

David is proclaiming that the whole earth belongs to God. It doesn't matter who rules on the earth, the earth is still the Lord's and the fullness thereof. In one of the psalms, God says through the psalmist, "If I were hungry I would not tell you, for the world is mine and all it's fullness." (Psalm 50:12) Paul quotes Psalm 24 in 1 Corinthians 10. Bringing the idea forward to the new covenant. By doing so, he brings forward the truth that God is sovereign. And in so being, does as He pleases.

Job 34:13-15 says,
"13 Who gave Him charge over the earth? Or who appointed Him over the whole world? 14 If He should set His heart on it, If He should gather to Himself His Spirit and His breath, 15 All flesh would perish together, And man would return to dust."

Did we give God charge over the earth? Did we establish His kingdom? Did we set Him on high? No. Psalm 115:3 says, "But our God is in heaven; He does whatever He pleases" And again in Psalm 135:6, "Whatever the LORD pleases He does, In heaven and in earth, In the seas and in all deep places." We did not set Him up as King above all Kings. We did not give Him the throne above all thrones. Psalm 93:1 says, "The LORD reigns, He is clothed with majesty; The LORD is clothed, He has girded Himself with strength." He established all that there is. Everything that exists does so because He spoke it into being.

Since we did not 'vote' Him in as Lord of all creation, we do not have the right or the power to hinder Him in His plans. Job 9:12, "If He takes away, who can hinder Him? Who can say to Him, 'What are You doing?'" Which one of us can stand before Him and say, "What do you think you are doing? Who gave you permission or the right to do that?" He is sovereign, He doesn't need our permission. This is reiterated in Job 11:10. What God has set forth in the book of Revelation is going to happen. We can not change it, nor should we want to. As His creation and children, we should desire to see His will.

No one appointed God king, rather it is He who "removes kings and raises up kings."(Daniel 2:21) Job 12:23 says, "He makes nations great, and destroys them; He enlarges nations, and guides them." I know, "We are a democratic nation. The people decide who will rule here." Hmm, but Daniel 4:17 says that "the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, gives it to whomever He will, and sets over it the lowest of men." The Most High is the ultimate ruler over the kingdoms of men. I am not saying that we shouldn't vote. You not only have the right, but the responsibility to vote. I am saying however, that if you wish to be a part of what God is doing in this nation, then don't vote for who you want to be president, but rather who God is saying He will set up as president. As Christians, we should go to God and ask Him who to vote for. But we tend to follow the worlds belief of separation of church and state, at least to this degree.

Part 3 - God is Sovereign (part2)