“What is man, that you make so much of him, and that you set your heart on him, visit him every morning and test him every moment?” (Job 7:17-18 ESV).
Job doesn’t accuse God of being absent, but of being too present. He doesn’t blame his suffering on being forsaken by the Lord as most would do. No. He questions why God would be so interested in such weak, temporal things as man. Out of all of creation, why would God care so much for us? Job had lost nearly everything that he loved, yet he did not lose his faith in God. Like Jacob, he wrestled with God for answers, but did not doubt the One who had caused him to walk with a limp.
David wondered about this question, saying: “When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?” (Psa. 8:3-4).
Yet, out of all that the Creator made, only humanity was made in God’s image. And even though humanity rebelled against God, He so loved us that when the right time had come, He sent his Son, born of a woman to redeem us and adopt us as sons (See Gal. 4:4-5).
Indeed. Who are we that God should make so much of us?
PRAYER: Father, we are amazed at the thoughts You have of us. That You even consider us is wonderful, but that you think of us always, is beyond understanding. Not only do You constantly think of us, but You have given us Your Son that we might be Your children. What an awesome God You are! We worship You and surrender our lives to You afresh this day. In Jesus’ name, amen.