God's Power and Might

In the Westminster Confession we are told that man’s purpose is to glorify God, a point that I agree with. Yet, this idea is not so popular. Yet, its unpopularity extends not from our displeasure to glorify God in itself, for when we are blessed, we glorify him gladly. It extends rather from the outworking of glorifying God and what it ultimately implies.

John Calvin makes a point regarding the Biblical character of Job, he says that we must learn, “that when it pleases (God) to raise his hand against us, even though we do not know why he does so, we nonetheless continue to glorify him.” But the modern man would argue, why would I serve a God whom is pleased to raise his hand against me? And why glorify God when he harms me? And yet, in the Bible we have the story of Job.

Today, a man that does not believe in God and much less, serves God, is not burdened like a believer is. Because the believer must contend with God, as God reveals himself. The point of the book of Job then in some way, is to show us how we can contend with God. Job’s verbal assault, namely at God, comes from a place of righteousness, but to him, it’s a wonder to gaze at God’s power and might working both for us and against us. As believers, this is a truth we must accept now, rather than later.