Listen To This!

​“Listen to this, O Job;
​​Stand still and consider the wondrous works of God. Job 37:14

There is something wrong happening down in Cuba. The suspicion of the moment rests on some sort of sonic weapon. The motives of the wielder, if such a weapon exists, are another question, but some harm has come to the alleged victims. From an article on Fox News: It is unclear whether the sounds are directly responsible for the attacks, which have been shown to cause hearing, cognitive, visual, balance, sleep, and other problems. So, they released an audio recording of this purported attack. If you listened to it and now have trouble sleeping, hearing, balancing, thinking, or seeing, you might want to avoid listening to such things in the future, or you may just be suffering the effects of old age.

I didn't play the recording. It seemed a sort of invitation to stupidity to listen to what might be a recording of the sound of a sonic weapon. I would much rather take the advice in Job and consider the wondrous works of God. "Listen to this, O Job," Elihu said in chapter 37, and in this case he gave poor Job some good advice. Stand still and consider...except that we know what comes next! Yes, Job chapter 38 when God comes to the meeting and asks some questions. Listen indeed, O Man, 'cuz God's questions will humble the proud quickly!

Stopping our headlong rush in this life to stand still for a time and consider the wondrous works of God puts us in touch with the Spirit of God within. In the beginning, God saw that His creation was not only good, but very good. We must take the time to stand still and see the wondrous works of our Lord. Although Man fell and the Earth became cursed for our sake, the wondrous works of God shine forth if we will stand still for a time.

Autumn has come, and one wondrous work of God surely must come to mind, stand still for a bit today and see it!

Bucky