"Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? . . . "
Whenever we are tempted to call God Himself to some "bar of justice"--it is prudent for us to recall words like these (above), which the Lord spoke to Job. The answer to God's question, of course, is that Job did not yet exist; and, on top of that, his very being would be completely dependent upon the very One whose judgment he (Job) was calling into question.
Let us find comfort in the fact that our Creator is also the Redeemer of His church; and that though sometimes His providences baffle us, we know that God always has the best in mind for those He loves, (cf. Rom. 8:28).
[Puritan quote of the day: "Thus God is said in Scripture to impute righteousness to them who believe, not because they have this righteousness in them, but because He reckons it as theirs, and reckons them righteous by it." --Obadiah Grew, in "The Lord our Righteousness"]
