Job 38:22 Have you entered into the treasures of the snow? or have you seen the treasures of the hail, This description would serve to impress upon Job the truth that all natural forces are rigidly under God's control. There are no chance whirlwinds, or lightnings, or snow, or hail storms; all are in His hands. The forces that had stricken Job and his family to the ground were part of God's well-ordered host. This being so, all these forces exist and act for the highest ends. They fight God's battles, and are ministers of His glory. So we have a clear assertion of two truths. I. THE SUPERNATURALNESS OF PHYSICAL FORCES. Modern science tends to habituate us to regard the world as a machine, the play of blind forces, requiring no explanation beyond its own nexus of causes and effects. Our text contains a far grander and more inspiring conception, telling us that the profoundest fact in creation is not "law," but "life." Natural laws are the expression of the Divine life, but do not exhaust it. II. THE ETHICAL END OF PHYSICAL FORCES. They are God's warriors, treasured up for the day of battle. And what does God fight for? That He may universalise the kingdom of love, that He may see in the world as in a perfect mirror His own image. Clearly, then, creation is not a dull round of cause and effect, perpetual motion without a meaning. Nay, it is all set in the kingdom of love. Love lights the stars, and speeds them on their way. The treasured snow and haft fight for the kingdom of love, or else they would cease to be treasured up. For everything that will not help to bring in the reign of love shall perish. The whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain, waiting for the glory of the sons of God. (Anon.) Parallel Verses KJV: Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,WEB: Have you entered the treasuries of the snow, or have you seen the treasures of the hail, |
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