Can God Handle This?

by Tom Brown

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” (Gen. 1:1)

A Lesson from the Telescope
The heavens above make the hearts of men marvel by their magnitude. The stars are too many to count. There are planets and solar systems likely never to be discovered. Eclipses, comets, black holes, dark matter, antimatter, mysteries… With our most powerful telescopes we little humans probe the ever-expanding universe, and what do we find? In the midst of the immeasurable sea of darkness and light we find order. We find rhythm. We find design. The Creator God, who is the Author of all things which exist, holds every star in its place. He governs the heat of the sun and the orbit of the moon. It is he who has set the course of the celestial, and he has done it with only a word from his lips. 

Do you fear that God is unable to order the situations and circumstances of your life? Do you worry that your problems are too big for him? Do you fret that the needs of your life are too great for God? Let us learn a lesson from the telescope. He who holds the galaxies in the palm of his hand—governing them with complete perfection, upholding them by the word of his power—is mighty to triumph over your greatest foe. None of your menacing troubles are troubling for God. 

A Lesson from the Microscope
When surveying the skies, we often lose our balance, but we have been mesmerized by the earth beneath as well. It seems that as incomprehensibly small creatures in the midst of this vast, ordered, and complex universe around us, there is yet another universe to be explored, the universe within. Every particle in creation is vividly embroidered with the fingerprints of it's Designer. The hands which shaped the heavens, are the same hands which determine the weight of the nucleus of an atom. As we zoom in to the most elemental substances of life, investigating things unseen to the naked eye, what do we find? Order. Rhythm. Design. You see, when Jesus said that, “Even the very hairs on your head are all numbered,” he was actually being very modest. Through the lens of the microscope we see an invisible symphony of electrons, protons, and neutrons dancing to the perfectly choreographed rhythm of God’s sovereign will. Not one particle is forgotten. Not one atom is out of place.

Do you wonder if the tiny mundane moments of your life are important to your heavenly Father? Do you wonder if God has time for you? If he is interested and willing to help you sort through the trials of your everyday life? Dear child of God, learn a lesson from the microscope. You are no trouble to your Father! He is not bothered by your needs, however trivial and fleeting they may be. It is not within our power to encumber the almighty God. He is entirely inexhaustible in his willingness to acquaint himself with the humdrum of our lives. Let us run to him with haste! None of our needs are unconcerning to him, and this is how he delights to reveal his glory. 

Let us remember who our God is, the Creator of the heavens and the earth. 

Rest your troubles upon the Lord of Lords and King of Kings, because he cares for you.