Algae and Diatoms

Algae and Diatoms

Bible: Job 37:14-24

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Stop and consider God’s wonders (V.14).

“What’s a diatom?” I asked my friend. I was leaning over her shoulder looking at pictures on her phone she had taken through a microscope. “Oh, it’s like algae, but it’s harder to see. Sometimes you need a drop of oil on the lens or they have to be dead to see them,” she explained. I sat amazed as she scrolled through the pictures. I couldn’t stop thinking about the amazing detail God put into life that we can only see with a microscope! God’s creation and works are endless. In the book of Job, one of Job’s friends, Elihu, points this out to Job as he struggles through his loss. Elihu challenges his friend, “Listen to this, Job; stop and consider God’s wonders. Do you know how God controls the clouds and makes his lightning flash? Do you know how the clouds hang poised, those wonders of him who has perfect knowledge?” (JOB 37:14-16). We, as humans, can’t begin to understand the complexity of God and His world. Even the parts of creation we can’t see reflect God’s awesome love and
power. Images of Him surround us. No matter what we’re going through, God is working, even when we can’t see it and don’t understand. Let’s praise Him today, for “He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted” (JOB 5:9).

GOD IS ALWAYS WORKING.

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