Heralds Digest

  “ Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge? Gird up now thy loins like a man; For I will demand of thee, and answer thou me .”  Job 38 : 1 - 3 KJV One of the greatest dividends of the promised rest in Christ is His clean counsel. He said “ Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls (Matthew 11 : 29 )”. It implies that anything outside the clean counsel from Christ is tantamount to darkening the counsel by words without knowledge. It is instructive to note that despite the severity of Job’s calamity, the mismanagement of his circumstances by his miserable friends turned counsellors, and the apparent silence of God in his dark valley, the primary concern of God about Job is his deviation from the clean counsel. Even today, advances in knowledge, new discoveries in the field of science, technology, and humanities have always a...

  ” Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said: “Who is this who darkens counsel By words without knowledge?“ Job‬ ‭38‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ ” Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind ” connotes a delayed answer; and an apparent reference to acceptable agnosticism. Afterall, the scriptures elsewhere say that the ‘revealed things ’ belong to us; while the ‘secret things’ belong to God. But the major challenge is always how to handle the waiting period, especially when surrounded by myriads of ‘darkened counsels’? Obviously, God rebuked Job for his unwise wait; while Job had queried God’s delayed strategy. Likewise, life is filled with the combination of ‘revealed things ’ and ‘secret things’ ; and believers must be prepared to be satisfied living with these realities. Therefore, a wise wait will satisfactorily explore the ‘revealed things’ with faithful obedience and fruitful courage, without struggling with or presumptuously asserting knowledge of the ‘secret t...