Job 7:16-18

16 I loathe [ma'ac] it; I would not live [chayah] alway [`owlam]: let me alone [chadal]; for my days [yowm] are vanity [hebel].

17 What is man ['enowsh], that thou shouldest magnify [gadal] him? and that thou shouldest set [shiyth] thine heart [leb] upon him?

18 And that thou shouldest visit [paqad] him every morning [boqer], and try [bachan] him every moment [rega`]? KJV-Interlinear

16 'I waste away; I will not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath. 17 'What is man that Thou dost magnify him, And that Thou art concerned about him, 18 That Thou dost examine him every morning, And try him every moment? NASB

From the moment you were born into this world, from the time God imputed human life into your soul, when that first breath of life entered into your body and you erupted into your first infant cry, the countdown clock started on your life in this world.

Job feels he is wasting away because he is in pain. He feels that his life's days are definitely numbered, that his life is an empty uselessness. So, just leave him alone!

What is all of the fuss about? Why should a person be born into this world just to endure suffering? Why are we born into this world anyway? What is our purpose? Are we just toys, playthings, entertainment for the angels? Is man here to discover the secrets of the universe and then master them, to accomplish everlasting life? Is man here to rise above his flaws and attain perfection all by himself? Is man here to prove something? If so what, and to whom?

Our universe is estimated to be over fifteen billion light years to the far reaches of its edge. And, with each advancement in astronomy technology, the size of the discovered universe just gets bigger and bigger. The next big jump in technology will be the Webb Space Telescope that will be available in a few years. That should make Hubble look like a stone age viewing box. Where is the limit of the universe? Is the universe without limits? No one knows.

God is limitless, so the universe quite likely has no boundaries.

And as for humanity? Why are we here? If we are but dust and air, then what possible worth can we have, given the vastness of everything else?

Look in the mirror tonight and ask yourself the question, 'What exactly am I. What is my purpose? What makes me so valuable to God?'

Psa. 144:3-4

3 O LORD, what is man, that Thou dost take knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that Thou dost think of him?

4 Man is like a mere breath; His days are like a passing shadow. NASB

Psa. 8:4-5

4 What is man, that Thou dost take thought of him? And the son of man, that Thou dost care for him?

5 Yet Thou hast made him a little lower than God, And dost crown him with glory and majesty! NASB

And so here we are. We are lower than the angels. Angels who can fly throughout the universe. Creatures that need no air, food, or water to live. And yet those angels, who certainly have access to virtually all of the facts of history, including the very creation of the universe, fell far short of trusting in God, who they could see.

And we, a lower creature, who cannot see beyond the heavens, some who are not able to see beyond their noses, who have not had the intimate accesses to ancient history, who are limited to this planet, and the necessities and limits of life. We choose to believe in something that the entire world ridicules and opposes in virtually every aspect.

We choose to believe and trust in someone whom we have never seen, nor had any direct access to. We choose to believe and trust in a philosophy, which we call Bible doctrine, believing it as the truth of reality, though we cannot see or even detect every aspect of reality. We can't see the angels, or our own soul for example.

Every minute of our entire life, from our birth to the moment of our death, God examines us. We are on probation, as it were. Being examined and tested to determine the trueness of our thoughts and of our faith.

Such that, when human history finally comes to an end, we, who have been saved, will go into a new universe, which is a new heaven, and we who have been faithful to our spiritual lives, will become the recipients of phenomenal blessings, blessings that far exceed our ability to imagine.

Why should an infinite all-powerful deity even care for dust and air?

Because what is important to God is the truth of righteous perfection, and the cleansing purity of justice, and life. And because we have believed in His name, in His plan, in His savior, and in His doctrine. God magnified His word above His name, because that is our point of access to Him.

Our nature of dust and air is fundamentally simple as far as all of the complexities of this universe are concerned, but dust and air have the ability to believe in the unseen. Whereas, all of the wisdom of the world can't determine he difference between straight up and straight down.

We as dust are not the target of Gods blessings. Faith is His target.

So just as He examines each one of us day and night, so too, we should examine ourselves to make sure that we are living our life inside of His will.

Alone we are nothing. In God we are raised to heights beyond imagination. Isn't that worth some kind of attempt to understand the One who provides us with so great a destiny?

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