Goats?

 

Picture by Caprice Miller

(Pigmy goats: Melanie, Sarah and Purdy)

 

“Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn?” Job 39:1

Pets can really bring a lot of joy to life.   If you spend enough time with them you discover they have unique personalities and they learn their master’s way of doing things too – good and bad.  And because they have a way of grabbing our hearts, we pamper them and play with them and many times, treat them like part of the family.  For those who have pets you may find yourself wondering about what happens to those animals who aren’t fortunate enough to have a master to care for them.  Someone who provides a warm place to sleep on cold nights and food and water they don’t have to search for.  What about them? 

 In the book of Job God gives us a little reminder of how He is control of the details.  As Job ponders his own circumstances, which are…challenging at the moment to say the least, God begins getting his attention at the beginning of chapters 38 and 40 by speaking from a storm and saying to Job “Brace yourself like a man, because I have some questions for you, and you must answer them.”  - Job 38:3  (and 40:7) (If I heard those words from God, I’m pretty sure He’s got my full attention!)  God goes on to ask a series of questions that reminds us of the details that we don’t even think of going on in the very world around us.  Reading this makes me realize how much I am not in control of and how much I don’t even know about.  (Go ahead, read it for yourself and see.)  If He cares about and is paying such close attention to those little details that we give no thought to, we can be assured that whatever issue or storm we are going through – great or small – He is aware of.  Not only is He aware of it, but He has a plan for us to get us through whatever it is and probably learn from it also.   In other words, He is speaking from the storm to you letting you know He’s got this!