First Lesson: Job 42:1-6

Theme: Awe and wonder before God

Exegetical Note
Job’s final response to God’s self-revelation has as its main theme the awesome and wonderful majesty of God, which eludes human understanding. Job’s self-deprecation relative to God’s greatness is not meant to be an absolute statement about human worthlessness, but rather a natural reaction to any confrontation with the Holy.

Call to Worship
Leader: Brothers and sisters, we stand before God this day in awe and wonder.
People: FOR OUR GOD’S GREATNESS SURPASSES OUR ABILITIES TO IMAGINE OR DESCRIBE.
Leader: How can the finite comprehend the infinite, or the mundane do justice to the sacred?
People: YET SPEAK AND SING OF GOD’S MAJESTY WE MUST, THOUGH WORDS ULTIMATELY FAIL US: OUR HEARTS AND MINDS ARE TOO FULL TO KEEP…