Posted by: Bill Hornbeck | June 2, 2013

“I know that You can do all things, And that no purpose of Yours can be thwarted.”

Today’s devotion comes from Revelation 20:1-3.
 
“Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.  And he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years;  and he threw him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he would not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed;  after these things he must be released for a short time.”  Revelation 20:1-3.
 
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We may too quickly leave consideration of the awesome power of God to bind Satan to wonder why the LORD released Satan after the thousand years even for a short time.  
 
Likewise, when we read the Book of Job, we may too quickly leave consideration of God’s blessings on Job to wonder why the LORD allowed Satan to destroy so much of Job’s possessions and afflict so much of Job’s body with boils. 
 
We may too quickly leave consideration of all God’s blessings on us to wonder why the LORD allows apparent bad things to happen to others.
 
Let us look at the following Scriptures near the end of the book of Job. 
 
“6 Then the Lord answered Job out of the storm and said,

7 “Now gird up your loins like a man;
I will ask you, and you instruct Me.
8 “Will you really annul My judgment?
Will you condemn Me that you may be justified?
9 “Or do you have an arm like God,
And can you thunder with a voice like His?

10 “Adorn yourself with eminence and dignity,
And clothe yourself with honor and majesty.
11 “Pour out the overflowings of your anger,
And look on everyone who is proud, and make him low.
12 “Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him,
And tread down the wicked where they stand.
13 “Hide them in the dust together;
Bind them in the hidden place.
14 “Then I will also confess to you,
That your own right hand can save you.”  Job 40:6-14.

Then the LORD described the power in the creatures which He had created in Job Chapter 41. 

“1 Then Job answered the Lord and said,

2 “I know that You can do all things,
And that no purpose of Yours can be thwarted.
3 ‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have declared that which I did not understand,
Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.”
4 ‘Hear, now, and I will speak;
I will ask You, and You instruct me.’
5 “I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear;
But now my eye sees You;
6 Therefore I retract,
And I repent in dust and ashes.”  Job 42:1-6.

In conclusion, we may not receive answers to all of our questions, but we need to humble ourselves and turn our attention away from our ourselves and our questions and turn our attention toward God and His power.  “I know that You can do all things, And that no purpose of Yours can be thwarted”.  Job 42:2.

Question 1.  What is thy only comfort in life and death?

Answer.  That I with body and soul, both in life and death, am not my own, but belong unto my faithful Savior Jesus Christ;  who, with his precious blood, hath fully satisfied for all my sins, and delivered me from all the power of the devil;  and so preserves me that without the will of my heavenly Father, not a hair can fall from my head;  yea, that all things must be subservient to my salvation, and therefore, by his Holy Spirit, he also assures me of eternal life, and makes me sincerely willing and ready, henceforth, to live unto him.  Heidelberg Catechism.

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