For Kids · 3 min with a grown-up
A young man named Elihu is still talking to Job. But now he stops arguing and starts pointing at the sky.
Today's Story
Have you ever heard thunder so loud it made your tummy shake? Elihu has. And it makes his heart pound.
“Listen!” he says. “Listen to the rumble of God's voice. He thunders in a wonderful way. He does great things that we can't understand.”
Elihu looks around and starts naming all the things only God can do. God says to the snow, Fall on the earth — and it does. God tells the rain to pour. He fills the sky with heavy gray clouds and then lights them up with lightning that flashes from one end of the world to the other.
God breathes, and the water turns to ice. God whistles, and the wind blows warm again. Nobody teaches God how to do this. He just knows.
“Stop for a minute, Job,” Elihu says. “Stand still and think about the wonderful things God does. Do you know how He hangs the clouds in the sky? Can you spread out the bright blue sky the way He can?”
Elihu is saying something simple and true: God is so big, so strong, and so wise that we will never figure Him all out. And that is okay. A God that big is a good God to trust.
A Big Word
Memory Verse
Talk About It
- What is the loudest storm or biggest sky you can remember seeing? How did it make you feel?
- Elihu says nobody had to teach God how to make snow or lightning. What is one thing you think is amazing that God made?
- Is it okay to not understand everything about God? Why might a really big God be a good God to trust?