Job 41:24 Commentary - Dr Peter Masters

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Job 41:24

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Now God points to Leviathan’s fortitude. He has courage and determination to match this natural armour. It gives him a confidence which nothing can pierce. When he does battle with any other creature he does not consider defeat for a moment, but resolutely summons all his powers and focuses on the destruction of his opponent. It doesn’t matter how great a force is brought to bear on him, nothing can dent his courage. He will never yield no matter how hard he is pressed. You cannot flatter him, cajole him, plead with him; he sticks resolutely to his purposes. He who comes against him had better have matching determination, but in reality how can any be as resolute or courageous as him, for in the place where all other creatures have at least some softness and tenderness, this beast has a heart of stone. They hear him coming from far off and they know what those crashing sounds mean: he has been angered by something and is coming towards them. Therefore they are beside themselves or literally, ‘they miss’. The only option is to flee.

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Do we have objectives that are ever changing? If one day resolve to serve the Lord and commit our lives to him, to mortify some besetting sin, and resist some temptation, then the next day we have forgotten and we are weak minded again. Leviathan keeps his objectives in mind. When we are faced with some great difficulty, do we go to pieces and let our guard slip? Do we quake in our hearts and cower before our problems? Our words should get through to many people. We should continue to hold ourselves so that men see that we will not abandon God’s standards when we are under pressure. Of course Job is expected to look for a spiritual equivalent of what he sees in Leviathan, for Leviathan is not a man but a beast. Leviathan makes a deep impression on those around him,and our testimony should make a deep impression on those who do not know the Lord.

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Job 41:24 Commentary and Bible Study