STAR POWER!

Job 38:1-11,31-33
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Do you know the
ordinances of the
heavens? Can you
set their dominion
over the earth?
--Job 38:33 --
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For all of us who, like Job, have suffered through tragedy and then dared to aim our questions at God, chapter 38 of Job's book should give us plenty to think about. Imagine what it must have felt like for the great man of the East when "out of the whirlwind" he heard God say, "Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge? Now prepare yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer Me" (vv.1-3). Gulp!

Job must have felt as puny as an ant. As God unveiled His questions, what He said was as unexpected as it was powerful. He didn't really answer Job's "why" questions. Instead, God seemed to be telling him to notice the power and might with which He created this world and to observe His ability to control every element of it. Job should have been asking himself, 'Isn't that reason enough to trust God'?

As one example of His awesome power, God told Job to observe two of His awe-inspiring creations in the sky: Pleiades and Orion (v.31). Highlighting His grandeur and man's relative insignificance, God mentioned two constellations that demonstrate power beyond our understanding.

This is Someone we can trust! If He has the stars in His hands, surely He can take care of us as well.

Creator of the universe
Who reigns in awesome majesty;
How can it be You love and care
For such a one as me?
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He who holds the stars in space holds His people in His hands.

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