I have been reflecting on this song for the last few days also known as listening to it twenty or so times. The lyrics of the song (below) have impacted me in three distinct, but not unrelated ways. The first section is from the point of view of Job, who had been through incredible trials and temptations. He not only lost all of his wealth, but also all of his children. Coming to the Lord with questions is a good, but must be done from a position of humility and without demands as we are completely dependent beings, regardless of how we think of ourselves. Although, this truth is Biblical it does not make it easier to live out, on the contrary it is that much more difficult as we are human and even the redeemed have to wage war against our flesh. Recently, I’ve had a hard time understanding why. Why after my most recent breakup has it been hard to return to a season of happiness. Much time has passed and the hurt feelings have been dealt with, but I still struggle. I think I should be happier, I’m no longer consistently dealing with the residue of the breakup, but sadness comes knocking and I ask, “Why? What good is this accomplishing? What am I supposed to be learning from this? When will this be over? Why? Why? Why?”
After months of this, I listened to Where Were You by Ghost Ship. I remember the lyric “loose the cords of Orion” catching my attention as I worked and had music in the background and I replayed it with more attentiveness.The first section hit me like a ton of bricks. This is what I had been feeling. This was the cry of my heart. I knew Job’s troubles were far greater than mine had ever approached but there was a kindred spirit. Inquiring of God why do we struggle? I thought of the world around me. This is the most common of objections to a loving god’s existence, if there is a loving god, how is there evil and suffering in the world, which I will likely address in a future post, but that is what makes the intro to this song so invocative. This is what drew me to listen to this song on repeat, and it asks a question central to our humanity.
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Following this question, we have God’s response,and what a miracle that is. It is not something we commonly experience. He speaks to His own incredible power on display in creating and sustaining the universe. While this may seem like a long list of God flexing his muscles, the account in Job is much longer from Job 38-41. The songs dives into much of Job 38 in a beautiful way using the words of Scripture itself, but after a couple of days I realized something incredible: the words God spoke out of the whirlwind to Job are reasonable evidences of monotheism in an era of human civilization where polytheism was common if not dominant. I’m not saying Job was or was borderline polytheistic, nor am I saying this is definitive proof to Job of monotheism, but if you look at what God asks Job if he can control anything on God’s list, many of these were the domain of many classic gods in polytheism.
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God commands the sun (Job 38:12), which in Egyptian mythology is the domain of Ra. We see He was responsible for the ocean and limits of waves (Job 38:11), the domain of Poseidon/Neptune in Greek/Roman mythology. Even the lyric about feeding lions (Job 38:39-41) would have been the responsibility of Artemis/Diana. Furthermore, we see He not only has control of the Earth and what is therein, but weather and even space in the lyric about Orion. Job 38:31-32 not only mentions Orion, but other constellations like the Pleiades, Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.
My only negative critique of the song, lyrically, would be in the final line. The idea that God kneels down to meet us is not wrong or unbiblical; however, the chapter starts with God speaking to Job out of a whirlwind. As I’ve said, God speaking to us at all is a gift, and in that way God humbles himself in speaking to broken humans, but I feel like there is some tension between the opening of Job 38 and the lyric “God knelt”. In my opinion, “came down” would be a better choice of words as this is the holy Word of God we are dealing with and it should be represented as accurately as possible. Now back to how this song is fantastic.
After all this, even without his questions being directly answered, Job humbles himself and declares his own ignorance, pride, lack of rights, and the mercy of God (Job 40:3-5). These last four lines of the song have been a blessing to reflect on. Especially in times when we cannot see our way out and the darkness closes in and we ask, “Why?” we need to remember all that God has done, is doing, and will do, admit our ignorance, pride, lack of right or control, and remember the mercy of God. Too often we speak of things we do not understand, but God will mercifully answer his children as a Father. It may not be the answers we want or even expect and may not answer our questions directly, but hearing from God is always a blessing.
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How do we hear from God? Unlike Job, God probably won’t speak through a whirlwind, but through the Bible.
Lyrics:I said God I do not understand this worldEverything is dying and brokenWhy do I see nothing but sufferingGod I’m asking could this be Your planSin has taken hold of this whole landWill You not say anything else to me?He said where were you the day that I measuredSunk the banks and stretched the line overAll the earth and carved out its corner stone?Where were you the day that I spoke andTold the sun to split the night openCalled the morning dawn with its light to showWho shut in the ocean with stone doorsMarked the reach of tides on those new shoresHung the day the waves rose and first broke forthHave you seen the springs of that great seaWalked the caverns carved in the black deepThrough the gates of darkness there on its floorHave you seen the armory I holdSnow and hail are stacked up in silosFor the times of trouble and war and strifeCan you raise your voice to the storm cloudWould the thunder answer and ring outDoes the lightning ask you where it should strikeWho has cleft the channels for torrentsRain to sprout the desert with forestIn the wilderness that my hand has builtCan you hunt the prey for young lionsCan you loose the Orion – Job 38:31Is this whole world bending beneath your will?
I spoke of things I did not understandThings too wonderful form – Job 42:3Although I had no right to askMy God knelt and answered me
Song: Where Were YouArtist: Ghost ShipAlbum: The Good KingRecord: ToothandNailRecords (on behalf of BEC Recordings); BMI – Broadcast Music Inc., ASCAP, and 2 Music Rights Societies
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