Thy Strong Word From Kfuo Radio

Imagine standing on the shore as something massive moves beneath the waves—scales like armor, eyes like dawn, breath like fire. You throw a spear; it bounces off. You reach for a hook; it snaps in two. In the previous chapter it was Behemoth and now in Job 41—the penultimate chapter of the book—God confronts Job with Leviathan, a beast so untamable, so fearsome, that no man dares challenge it. God could easily make a pet out of this fierce creature, but could man? In the face of this terrifying creature, God asks, “If you cannot stand before Leviathan, how will you stand before Me who created him?”  The Rev. Robert Smith, pastor emeritus in Ft. Wayne, IN, joins the Rev. Dr. Phil Booe to study Job 41.  Why do the righteous suffer? That’s the burning question at the heart of the book of Job—one of the most profound and challenging books in all of Scripture. From a Lutheran perspective, Job’s story isn’t just about a man enduring unimaginable hardship; it’s about wrestling with God’s will, grappling with w