The Israelites were leery that the nature gods of their neighbors would infect their religion. They were a people of history — God acting in Abraham, Moses, King David. By the time Job was written history seems to have failed them with no nation and no king. The Book of Job, therefore, turns back to nature to find God. God removes the mountains before they know it; He shakes the earth out of its place. He commands the sun; he seals up the stars and treads upon the crests of the sea. The two strains of history and nature continue to impact Christian Spirituality. The history of Jesus resounds to the present day and meditation on the world of nature inspires our life of prayer.
