Who Can Be Safe with the Leviathan?

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Job 41:1-11. The Message 

I [God] Run This Universe

41 1-11 “Or can you pull in the sea beast, Leviathan, with a fly rod
    and stuff him in your creel?
Can you lasso him with a rope,
    or snag him with an anchor?
Will he beg you over and over for mercy,
    or flatter you with flowery speech?
Will he apply for a job with you
    to run errands and serve you the rest of your life?
Will you play with him as if he were a pet goldfish?
    Will you make him the mascot of the neighborhood children?
Will you put him on display in the market
    and have shoppers haggle over the price?
Could you shoot him full of arrows like a pin cushion,
    or drive harpoons into his huge head?
If you so much as lay a hand on him,
    you won’t live to tell the story.
What hope would you have with such a creature?
    Why, one look at him would do you in!
If you can’t hold your own against his glowering visage,
    how, then, do you expect to stand up to me?
Who could confront me and get by with it?
    I’m in charge of all this—I run this universe!

For Reflection

What Leviathan are you trying to corral?  If you are successful, what do you expect to gain in return?  To what extent do you seek God and expect a grand return for your effort?

Like Job, you cannot master God! God is not to be caged, defined and displayed as an admired possession or an oddity.  You cannot justify God by remaking God in your self-image.  God does not surrender to you.  You surrender to God and in doing so achieve salvation, freedom from the failure of self-determination.

Pray

Pray that you will give yourself wholly to God.  Pray for the freedom from want. Pray to become a fearless disciple of Christ.  Pray so that you can love more completely.