All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and no one can stop his hand, or ask him, “What are you doing?”And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
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I have several of them, but this is one of them. All the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing. He does according to his will in the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth. No one can ward off his hand. That's another way of saying thwart. No one can stop him. No one can restrain him. No one can ward off his hand or say to him, what have you done? At that time, my reason returned to me. Back to Job 42. As I say, I repeat, that's what I would call cataclysmic. Job has not been insane, but he has come through a maddening period of loss and humiliation. grief, and disease. He has been leveled to the place of a homeless man, having been the greatest of the men in the east. Having gone through it, Job is now beginning to realize, even, get this, without his questions answered, he is at the mercy of his great God who does all things well. …
… no purpose of yours can be thwarted. It's like Daniel 4.35. Listen, listen to this. King Nebuchadnezzar, who has suffered for years, living in the field as a wild, insane man because of pride. Having finished his years in the field, he comes to his senses and Nebuchadnezzar says, Daniel 4.35, all the inhabitants of the earth are as nothing. And he does according to his will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth. And no one can stay his hand or say unto him, what are you doing? that submission. Oh God, I may be king on this earth, but you and I know I don't even breathe without your grace giving me breath. I can't move without your spirit giving my muscles and my ability, my bones, my body, the ability to locomote. All heaven and earth is yours. you own it all and nothing of yours can be thwarted Job asked who is this that hides counsel without knowledge I have declared that which I do not understand things are too wonderful for me which I do not know I've come to the end of my understanding and I leave it with that it's yours oh God it's yours to unravel the mystery to handle the profound strange events of my life. By the way, God never in this passage or even later in the passage tells him about the deal between him and Satan. He leaves Job in the mystery of it. …
… He alone is in full control. Daniel wrote, all the inhabitants of the earth are as nothing. He does according to his will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth. No one can say unto him, what are you doing? Daniel 4.35 Job says that's the one before whom I bow and Job implies I'm not sure you've ever met him. Don't bully me. While I cannot answer why I'm suffering like this, I can tell you somehow and in some way the God of heaven, the silent God, the one who seems to be the absent God from my setting right now is still in control. You think I'm a hollow-headed dummy? Verse 1, chapter 13, my eye has seen all of this, my ear has heard and understood it. What you know, I also know I am not inferior to you, I repeat. matter of fact you are of no help to me but i would speak to the almighty and i desire to argue with god but you smear with lies you look at his look at his uh diagnosis you are all worthless or his prognosis you are all worthless physicians i'd say that pretty well puts it on the line right there. Look, oh, that you would be completely silent, that it would become your wisdom. …
… from generation to generation verse 35 is one of my all-time favorite verses in the bible i have several of them but this is one of them all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing. He does according to his will in the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth. No one can ward off his hand. That's another way of saying thwart. No one can stop him. No one can restrain him. No one can ward off his hand or say to him, what have you done? At that time, my reason returned to me. Back to Job 42. As I say, I repeat, that's what I would call cataclysmic. job has not been insane but he has come through a maddening period of loss and humiliation grief and disease he has been leveled to the place of a of a homeless man having been the greatest of the man in the east of the men in the east having gone through it job is now beginning to realize. Even, get this, without his questions answered, he is at the mercy of his great God who does all things well. And even though he may not explain himself in his actions, he knows he can trust his God. Which brings us to a third. God's plans are beyond our understanding and too deep to explain. God's plans are beyond our understanding and too deep to explain. See how Job puts it in verse 3? I have declared that which I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, …
… No purpose of yours can be thwarted. It's like Daniel 4.35. Listen, listen to this. King Nebuchadnezzar, who has suffered for years living in the field as a wild, insane man because of pride, having finished his years in the field he comes to his senses and Nebuchadnezzar says Daniel 4.35 all the inhabitants of the earth are as nothing and he does according to his will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth and no one can stay his hand or say unto him what are you doing? that's submission. Oh God. I may be king on this earth, but you and I know I don't even breathe without your grace giving me breath. I can't move without your spirit giving my muscles and my ability, my bones, my body, the ability to locomote. All heaven and earth is yours. you own it all and nothing of yours can be thwarted Job asked who is this that hides counsel without knowledge I have declared that which I do not understand things are too wonderful for me which I do not know I've come to the end of my understanding and I leave it with that it's yours oh God it's yours to unravel the mystery, to handle the profound, strange events of my life. …
… and gives it to whom he will and sets over the lowliest of men. He does according to his will in the host of heaven and on earth, and none can stay his hand or say to him, what have you done? The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing. He frustrates the plans of the peoples. The king's heart is like water in the hand of the Lord. He turns it wherever he will. Proverbs 21. That includes Trump, Putin, Zelensky, Xi Jinping. They can do nothing but what God designs for his ultimate purposes. Relax. And so it is with all created minds, including Satan and demons, Jesus commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey. Mark 1 27, Satan and his demons are on a leash. They can do nothing but what fits into God's plan. He even uses Satan to accomplish his saving purposes, as in Judas or Paul's thorn. nor can any man or woman act outside the sovereign will of God. Say that again. …