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Job 35:4-5
4 I will answer [shuwb] [millah] thee, and thy companions [rea`] with thee.
5 Look [nabat] unto the heavens [shamayim], and see [ra'ah]; and behold [shuwr] the clouds [shachaq] which are higher [gabahh] than thou. KJV-Interlinear
4 'I will answer you, And your friends with you. 5 'Look at the heavens and see; And behold the clouds — they are higher than you. NASB
In his attempt to promote an answer to the argument which has been going on between Job and his three friends, Elihu brings in the sovereignty and immenseness of God.
The essence of God is so vast, the power of God is so far beyond mans comprehension, that even if we gaze at the stars by night above, or to the clouds in the sky by day, we cannot realize the magnitude of Gods existence, knowledge, or wisdom.
The universe above is beyond our access. Certainly back in Jobs day, the stars were beyond reach. But even in our present day, the stars are still beyond our reach.
Though we can orbit the planet and send craft to the nearby planets, all of that is still within our own solar system. The nearest star outside of our own sun is still four light-years away, with still other near stars anywhere from five to twenty light-years away. Our own galaxy is some one-hundred thousand light-years to the other side, and it is many millions of light-years to the next galaxy.
Travel to and from these distant places is far beyond our capability. The sheer magnitude of the distances is beyond comprehension.
As for the clouds in the sky, we still cannot predict their formation or motion across the planet. We have some semblance of weather prediction for a few days, but beyond that, predictions are no better than tossing a coin.
The stars are vast the full of secrets. The clouds are near and full of simplicity. After all, they are nothing more than water vapor. But, God uses the complex and the uncomplicated to teach mankind that humanity is not very smart.
And yet people will disregard God, and presume their own witty perspective toward life. We live from day to day, from commercial to commercial, from trip to the store to trip to the store.
We live for the weekend and the pleasures of our everyday life, all the while being surrounded of the many proofs of God, of life and death, and the shortness for our present life and the infinity of the next life, and most folks simply ignore the Godward side of life in favor of what they can see and taste and hold and possess now.
The reminders of God and His wisdom are always there in the clouds above, and in the stars in the night sky.
