Everything

God has this great conversation with Job near the end of the book and asks Job many questions.  One of them is this:

Any hope of subduing it is false;  the mere sight of it is overpowering. No one is fierce enough to rouse it.  Who then is able to stand against me?  Who has a claim against me that I must pay? Everything under heaven belongs to me.

He was referring here to a great sea monster, one which no man can tame. 

Sometimes we see God as a monster, don’t we? 

Here Job is asked two questions, and then God makes a statement.

Everything under heaven belongs to me.

That statement right there should bring hope to the hopeless. 

God is never unaware or taken aback by the state of our little world that surrounds us.  No sickness, no death, no tragedy surprises him or thwarts his plans for us.  You see, he created us for a purpose and an eternity with him without sorrow or tears or pain. 

So this pain that we endure now is temporary.  And though we raise a fist against God and demand that he must intervene on our behalf, the truth is that we belong to him and we can rest in that peace in knowing He’s got it all under control.

Our life is not out of hand – it’s in His hands.

And if you read the last few chapters of Job, you’ll see an amazing deliverer who restores all that has been taken in ways that are astounding and full of hope.