Tell Me...

Job 38 tells us of God speaking to Job, after Job questions all of the trials and sorrow he is experiencing in his life.

Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand. Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it? On what were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone—while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?

Let’s try to answer some of these questions.

We were not present when God laid the earth’s foundation.  And we certainly have no understanding of how he laid out the earth in perfect form, setting everything in motion.  We can never comprehend it because it’s too far above our understanding. 

We do believe God created the heavens and the earth by his words.  He spoke and it happened.  It was that easy and that simple for him, because he’s the great Creator.

We cannot comprehend how the planets hang together in the universe, in movement, and how they keep their bearings and stay put.

And how can we even begin to count or observe every star hanging in space, or hear the songs they sing?  I didn’t even know the stars sang!

The point of these verses is that God is God, and we are man.  And that fact alone should bring us great peace in order to rest at night, knowing the creator of the earth is our father, our savior, and our Lord.