For we walk by faith, not by sight. 2 Corinthians 5:7
Job 37-39
Elihu Proclaims God’s Majesty
1 “Yes, at this my heart trembles
and is moved from its place.
2 Hear, oh hear, the sound of his voice,
the sound that goes from his mouth.
3 He sends it out under the whole sky,
and his lightning to the ends of the earth.
4 After it a voice roars.
He thunders with the voice of his majesty.
He does not hold back anything when his voice is heard.
5 God thunders marvelously with his voice.
He does great things, which we cannot comprehend.
6 For he says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’
likewise to the shower of rain
and to the mighty downpour.
7 He seals up the hand of every man,
that all men whom he has made may know it.
8 Then the animals take cover
and remain in their dens.
9 From its room comes the storm
and cold from the north.
10 By the breath of God, ice is given,
and the width of the waters is frozen.
11 Yes, he loads the thick cloud with moisture.
He spreads abroad the cloud of his lightning.
12 It is turned around by his guidance,
that they may do whatever he commands them
on the face of the habitable world,
13 whether it is for correction, or for his land,
or for loving kindness, that he causes it to come.
14 Listen to this, Job.
Stand still and consider the wondrous works of God.
15 Do you know how God controls them
and causes the lightning of his cloud to shine?
16 Do you know the workings of the clouds,
the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?
17 You whose clothing is warm,
when the earth is still because of the south wind?
18 Can you, with him, spread out the sky,
which is strong as a cast metal mirror?
19 Teach us what we will tell him,
for we cannot make our case because of the darkness.
20 Shall it be told to him that I wish to speak?
Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?
21 Now men do not see the light which is bright in the skies,
but the wind passes and clears them.
22 From the north comes golden splendor.
With God is awesome majesty.
23 We cannot reach the Almighty.
He is exalted in power.
In justice and great righteousness, he will not oppress.
24 Therefore men revere him.
He regards not, any who are wise in their own heart.”
Job 38
God Challenges Job
1 Then God answered Job out of the whirlwind,
2 “Who is this who darkens my counsel
with words without knowledge?
3 Brace yourself like a man,
for I will question you, and you shall answer me!
4 Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?
Declare it, if you have understanding.
5 Who determined its measures, if you know?
Or who stretched the line on it?
6 What were its foundations fastened on?
Or who laid its cornerstone,
7 when the morning stars sang together,
and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8 Or who shut up the sea with doors,
when it broke out of the womb,
9 when I made clouds its garment,
and wrapped it in thick darkness,
10 when I marked out for it my boundaries,
set bars and doors
11 and said, ‘You may come here, but no further.
Your proud waves shall be stopped here?’
12 Have you commanded the morning in your days
and caused the dawn to know its place,
13 that it might take hold of the ends of the earth
and shake the wicked out of it?
14 It is changed like clay under the seal
and presented like a garment.
15 From the wicked, their light is withheld.
The high arm is broken.
16 Have you entered into the springs of the sea?
Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?
17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you?
Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
18 Have you comprehended the earth in its width?
Declare it, if you know it all.
19 What is the way to the dwelling of light?
As for darkness, where is its place,
20 that you should take it to its bound,
that you should discern the paths to its house?
21 Surely you know, for you were born then,
and the number of your days is great!
22 Have you entered the treasuries of the snow,
or have you seen the treasures of the hail,
23 which I have reserved against the time of trouble,
against the day of battle and war?
24 By what way is the lightning distributed
or the east wind scattered on the earth?
25 Who has cut a channel for the flood water
or the path for the thunderstorm,
26 to cause it to rain on a land where there is no man,
on the wilderness, in which there is no man,
27 to satisfy the waste and desolate ground,
to cause the tender grass to grow?
28 Does the rain have a father?
Or who fathers the drops of dew?
29 From whose womb did the ice come?
Who has given birth to the gray frost of the sky?
30 The waters become hard like stone,
when the surface of the deep is frozen.
31 Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades,
or loosen the cords of Orion?
32 Can you lead the constellations out in their season?
Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs?
33 Do you know the laws of the heavens?
Can you establish its dominion over the earth?
34 Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
that abundance of waters may cover you?
35 Can you send out bolts of lightning, that they may go?
Do they report to you, ‘Here we are?’
36 Who has put wisdom in the inward parts?
Or who has given understanding to the mind?
37 Who can count the clouds by wisdom?
Or who can pour out the containers of the sky,
38 when the dust runs into a mass
and the clods of earth stick together?
39 Can you hunt the prey for the lioness
or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
40 when they crouch in their dens
and lie in wait in the thicket?
41 Who provides for the raven his prey,
when his young ones cry to God,
and wander for lack of food?”
Job 39
God Speaks of His Creation
1 “Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth?
Do you watch when the doe bears fawns?
2 Can you count the months that they are pregnant?
Or do you know the time when they give birth?
3 They bow down and bear their young.
They end their labor pains.
4 Their young ones become strong.
They grow up in the open field.
They go out and do not return again.
5 Who has set the wild donkey free?
Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,
6 whose home I have made the wilderness
and the salt land his dwelling place?
7 He scorns the tumult of the city,
and does not hear the shouting of the driver.
8 The range of the mountains is his pasture.
He searches after every green thing.
9 Will the wild ox be content to serve you?
Or will he stay by your feeding trough?
10 Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness?
Or will he till the valleys after you?
11 Will you trust him, because his strength is great?
Or will you leave to him your labor?
12 Will you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed
and gather the grain of your threshing floor?
13 The wings of the ostrich wave proudly,
but cannot compare to the feathers and plumage of the stork.
14 For she leaves her eggs on the earth,
warms them in the dust,
15 and forgets that the foot may crush them,
or that the wild animal may trample them.
16 She deals harshly with her young ones,
as if they were not hers.
Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear,
17 because God has deprived her of wisdom,
and has not imparted understanding to her.
18 When she lifts herself up on high,
she scorns the horse and his rider.
19 Have you given the horse might?
Have you clothed his neck with a quivering mane?
20 Have you made him to leap like a locust?
The glory of his snorting is awesome.
21 He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength.
He goes out to meet the armed men.
22 He mocks at fear and is not dismayed,
and does not turn back from the sword.
23 The quiver rattles against him,
the flashing spear and the javelin.
24 He eats up the ground with ferocity and rage,
and cannot stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
25 As often as the trumpet sounds he snorts, ‘Aha!’
He smells the battle from afar,
the thunder of the captains and the shouting.
26 Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars
and stretches her wings toward the south?
27 Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up,
and makes his nest on high?
28 On the cliff he dwells and makes his home,
on the point of the cliff and the stronghold.
29 From there he spies out the prey.
His eyes see it from afar.
30 His young ones also suck up blood.
Where the slain are, there he is.”
2 Corinthians 4:13-5:10
Treasures in Jars of Clay
13 But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, “I believed, and therefore I spoke,” we also believe, and therefore we also speak. 14 We know that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and will present us with you. 15 For all things are for your sake, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.
16 Therefore we do not faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day. 17 For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory, 18 while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
2 Corinthians 5
Our Earthly Dwelling
1 For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens. 2 For most certainly in this we groan, longing to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven, 3 if indeed being clothed, we will not be found naked. 
4 For indeed we who are in this tent do groan, being burdened, not that we desire to be unclothed, but that we desire to be clothed, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. 5 Now he who made us for this very thing is God, who also gave to us the down payment of the Spirit.
6 Therefore we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord, 7 for we walk by faith, not by sight. 8 We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord. 9 Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him. 10 For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ that each one may receive the things in the body according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
Psalm 44:9-26
9 But now you rejected us and put us to shame,
and you do not go forth with our armies.
10 You make us turn back from the enemy.
Those who hate us take plunder for themselves.
11 You have made us like sheep for food,
and have scattered us among the nations.
12 You sell your people for nothing
and have gained nothing from their sale.
13 You make us a reproach to our neighbors,
a mockery to be scoffed at by those who are around us.
14 You make us a byword among the nations,
a shaking of the head among the peoples.
15 All day long my dishonor is before me,
and shame covers my face,
16 at the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses,
because of the enemy and self-avenger.
17 All this has come on us,
yet we have not forgotten you,
nor have we been untrue to your covenant.
18 Our heart has not turned back,
nor have our steps strayed from your path,
19 though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals
and covered us with the shadow of death.
20 If we have forgotten the name of our God,
or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
21 will God not search this out?
For he knows the secrets of the heart.
22 Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long.
We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Wake up!
Why do you sleep, Lord?
Arise!
Do not reject us forever.
24 Why do you hide your face,
and forget our affliction and our oppression?
25 For we are bowed down to the dust.
Our bodies cling to the earth.
26 Rise up to help us.
Redeem us for the sake of your loving kindness.
Proverbs 22:13
13 The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside!
I will be killed in the streets!”