When morning comes, we wake up and enjoy the day without asking, "who ‘scheduled’ the morning to come?" We focus more on our plans for the day, on what we will do and who we will meet. However, when our lives are plagued by long ‘nights’, when suffering comes and prayers go unanswered, we begin to question God. However, have we ever thought, are we ready to hear the answer from Him?

Our passage today is a continuation of God's answer to Job, He not only reveals His power over the cosmos, but also shows how little human knowledge and power there is. Dawn, light, darkness, the sea, and death are all subject to a divine order that humans have no control over. God challenges Job (and us too) with a series of rhetorical questions. Not to humiliate, but to bring the realization that we often demand answers without having the capacity to understand the entirety of those answers. In ancient traditions, dawn and dusk were not just natural phenomena. They were personified as heavenly beings, regulators of time and the moral boundaries of the world. Whenever dawn came, it chased away darkness, not just physically, but symbolically as well. It shakes the evildoers from their hiding places (Job 38:13). God shows that, even in the seemingly ordinary order of nature, He is at work maintaining justice. He also invited Job to consider unexplored depths, such as the bottom of the ocean, the gates of death, and the abodes of light and darkness. All of these are in His control, not in the hands of man. This is a reminder that man is not the creator of this reality, God is the Owner and Arranger of all things. He is present, even in the darkest and deepest places.

Friends of the Bible, we are again refreshed on the meaning of the dynamics of our relationship with God. We learn that God doesn't always answer with explanations that fit our imaginations. He answers with a presence and questions that reshape our perspective. In suffering, there are times when we want to get a straightforward answer from Him about why the suffering comes or when it will end. But often, God invites us into His mystery. He does not give us control over light and darkness, but gives us the faith to walk in between. So, when our prayers feel unanswered, don't rush to conclude that God is silent. Perhaps He is guiding us, just as He guided Job to reflect on his suffering. Let us honestly ponder on the question, "Am I ready to hear His real answer?"