#soap # Job 38 ## Title: The LORD Always Responds ## Scripture: (Job 38:1) “Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind:” (NET) ## Observation: One of the big issues apologists are always dealing with is the Divine Hiddenness of God. The basic idea of this problem is if God were real and wanted us to know Him, why doesn’t He simply reveal Himself to us? Why doesn’t He put up a big sign and say, “Here I am.” This lends itself to the idea of Deism. This means God is real, but uninvolved in the everyday lives of people. When someone talks like this, I love to say, “You’re right. If God is real, why doesn’t He show Himself? He should make Himself so known that we couldn’t miss Him. He should do something like come to Earth Himself. He should take on the form of a man and walk among us. He should share our life so as to fully understand us. He should let us know who He is and rescue us from this life of sin that we find ourselves in… wait.” God always responds to us. He is not as hidden as we think. The problem is that we don’t always notice Him. We are expecting God to come in a whirlwind of activity the way He did for Job in the text today. However, most of the time it is far more subtle. But, if we are watching, we will see that He is constantly leading and guiding us in the right direction. ## Application: Have confidence that the LORD is always moving, always leading, always guiding us more than we realize. ## Prayer: Thank You, Jesus, for being with us more than we could ever realize.