Where Has God Walked?

The Old Testament reading for this Sunday was from Job. Have you read much of the book of Job? It's great reading.

After Job's friends tell him to get over his problems, Job still will not blame God for his hardships. His attitude isn't right though, so God reprimands him in quite a humbling way.

Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind:

"Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

Gird up your loins like a man,

I will question you, and you shall declare to me.

"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?

Tell me, if you have understanding.

Who determined its measurements-- surely you know!

Or who stretched the line upon it?

On what were its bases sunk,

or who laid its cornerstone

when the morning stars sang together

and all the heavenly beings shouted for joy?




"Or who shut in the sea with doors

when it burst out from the womb? --

when I made the clouds its garment,

and thick darkness its swaddling band,

and prescribed bounds for it,

and set bars and doors,

and said, `Thus far shall you come, and no farther,

and here shall your proud waves be stopped'?




"Have you entered into the springs of the sea,

or walked in the recesses of the deep?

Have the gates of death been revealed to you,

or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?

Have you comprehended the expanse of the earth?

Declare, if you know all this."

Job 38:1-11,16-18

I admit that my mind began to wonder a bit after I heard these words read. Imagine the places that God has walked. He knows every stone and pebble, both on the surface of the earth and under the earth. He knows every tree, every leaf, every flower, and every seed. He knows every drop of water.

For me, the mind boggling revelation as I listened to this passage was that in addition to God knowing all of Creation, He knows each one of us. He knows us so well that He can number the hairs on His head. His knowledge about His Creation is infinite!

And the fact that He knows everything about everything here on this earth AND still has the capacity to love and care for us is amazing to me. God's love truly is amazing!