Waist Deep 2018 - March 11

Job 12: 10 “In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.” (NIV)

He is the very source of our existence.*

If it is true that the universe is not self-explanatory,* then this verse explains it for us! In Acts 17: 28, Paul quotes a contemporary poet who says of God, “For in him we live and move and have our being.” God is the source of life, breath, movement, and the essence of our selves. Debate may rage around the question of the origin of life but sometimes the answers to complex questions are simple. Life is in the hands of God. 

Are we content to let the questions stop there? To pursue the matter may be to go further than God intends for us to go. What comes next is speculation and conjecture, leading to what amounts to mythology. God has revealed himself to us but he remains a mystery (see Job 11: 7, 8). Yes, there is a measure of faith required in accepting God as the final answer, but beyond him there is no rational destination for our minds’ arrival.  God is the reason for everything and he is in control of everything. 

I find that answer to be complete and satisfying. 

We may apprehend him, but we cannot comprehend him.*