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  Do you ever feel small and insignificant?  I know I do.  Maybe it is because the world around me seems so big.  The problems of the world are so huge.  The economy, hunger, poverty, wars, what can I do to resolve those issues?  Or maybe it is when a friend has experienced great loss and I don't know what to say.  I feel overwhelmed with my own inability to make it better, make it right.  I look at the mountains, the ocean or the stars and feel small in comparison.  And I begin to question God, why them, why me, why this, why that, why? 

There is this character in the Bible named Job and he had lost everything, his home, his source of income, his children and Job himself was stricken with disease and he asked God why.  And amazingly enough God responds.  God comes and questions Job asking where Job was when God created the world and reminds him who it is that placed the planets, moon and stars in their orbits.  And God continues for three chapters describing all the great works he has done, the vastness and the intricacy of his creation.  Never in all this dialogue does God actually answer Job's question of why?  Is this because his goal was to humble Job?  To be reminded of the awesome wonder and power of God is definitely a humbling experience, but I think there is something more.  Could it be that God is also reassuring Job?  God is reminding Job to whom he belongs.  Job's reaction is one of humility but demonstrates his trust in God as he tells him, "I know that you can do all things."  Knowing that the God we belong to is larger than all the world's problems put together gives us hope.  How big is your God?  Is he the creator of the universe, the maker of all things?   Is he bigger than your current situation?  My God is!  My God is able to do all things!  Blessed be His name!