Job 26:13

"By His Spirit He hath garnished the heavens; His hand hath formed the crooked serpent."

Job has been declaring from verse 5 all the wonders of God. His friends have not answered rightly nor helped him in his sorrow. And Job turns the conversation to glorifying and praising God for Who He is and what He has done. By His Spirit He hath garnished the heavens - in the beginning was God; God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. There was no heaven nor earth. There was no creation, just God. Our finite minds cannot grasp the wholeness of this. But then we read, 'God created the heavens and the earth'. Now there was something, finite, structure and made by God. Then the next verse in Genesis, 'And the Spirit brooded upon the face of the waters.' what was He doing there? Job declares that the Spirit supplied and and made up the things in heaven. And in each verse that follows we see the hand of God speaking things into existence. And then His Spirit sets the sun, moon and stars in their place. 'God set them'. And if He set the things of heaven, is He not able to set the things in our life? He is able to do all. The vast amount of stars in this universe is beyond comprhension, how hard is it for Him to be active in our life? It is nothing for Him, for He is God. How much the Lord is able to do in our lives if we would only surrender and yield unto Him. He is able to bear fruit for His glory through us if we abide in Him. He is able to answer prayers through us if we call upon Him in faith. He is able to turn back the forces of hell if we cast ourselves upon Him. 'For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth to show Himself mighty to those that have a perfect heart toward Him.' ARe you there dear brethern? Do yo faith to believe that He is able to work great and mighty things in your life? Let God be God and obey in great and small things and you shall the mighty hand that created the heavens and garnished them active in your own life for His glory. His hand hath formed the crooked serpent - God made and created all things for a reason and specific design; When Jeremiah went to the potter's house it was to watch how shaping and forming was done. And when a mar was found how it was destroyed and started again. His hand shaped, crafted and formed alll things. He took the dust and made man from it and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. He has made us, 'for we are fearfully and wonderfully made' in His image. Oh, this world has lost sight of the precious gift of life and God's creation. Make sure brethern, this is not said of you. Give praise for His handy work. And what shall we say of the serpent and his crooked ways? This was not what God made. WE read in Genesis that God took away the legs, or assumed it had legs, and made it go on his belly. And as you watch a snake go through the field or dirt, crooked ways, back and forth, slithering along to move forward. God made him like this after the fall in the garden of Eden. Man was also perfect and right in the sight of God until sin entered in. And now look at the crooked ways of man. Full of sin and shame, day upon day, hour upon hour and we have lost our straight and narrow way. But God in His mercy, even in the crooked ways, makes us go forward till we arrive at the place of perfect rest. And there in heaven, we shall be like He intended us to be, pure and holy. How wonderfula re His ways and how mighty is His Name. Give praise for His creation and what He has done for us, what He is doing for us and what He will do for us for His glory Name sakes.