I could sit here and watch lightning storms for hours... it fascinates me. The amount of energy conducted in every lightning bolt... the power behind it... the more I watch these storms, the more convinced I am of the presence of God... it reminds me of this discourse in the book of Job... and it makes me sit here in awe, staring at the lightning, waiting for the storm to roll in... how awesome... how awe-inspiring... gives me a greater perspective of the God to whom I am praying!

Job 38:1 NASB - Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
Job 38:2 NASB - "Who is this that darkens counsel By words without knowledge?
Job 38:3 NASB - "Now gird up your loins like a man, And I will ask you, and you instruct Me!
Job 38:4 NASB - "Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you
have understanding,
Job 38:5 NASB - Who set its measurements? Since you know. Or who stretched the line on it?
Job 38:6 NASB - "On what were its bases sunk? Or who laid its cornerstone,
Job 38:7 NASB - When the morning stars sang together And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Job 38:8 NASB - "Or who enclosed the sea with doors When, bursting forth, it went out from the
womb;
Job 38:9 NASB - When I made a cloud its garment And thick darkness its swaddling band,
Job 38:10 NASB - And I placed boundaries on it And set a bolt and doors,
Job 38:11 NASB - And I said, 'Thus far you shall come, but no farther; And here shall your proud
waves stop'?
Job 38:12 NASB - "Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, And caused the dawn to
know its place,
Job 38:13 NASB - That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out
of it?
Job 38:14 NASB - "It is changed like clay under the seal; And they stand forth like a garment.
Job 38:15 NASB - "From the wicked their light is withheld, And the uplifted arm is broken.
Job 38:16 NASB - "Have you entered into the springs of the sea Or walked in the recesses of the
deep?
Job 38:17 NASB - "Have the gates of death been revealed to you, Or have you seen the gates of
deep darkness?
Job 38:18 NASB - "Have you understood the expanse of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.
Job 38:19 NASB - "Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And darkness, where is its place,
Job 38:20 NASB - That you may take it to its territory And that you may discern the paths to its
home?
Job 38:21 NASB - "You know, for you were born then, And the number of your days is great!
Job 38:22 NASB - "Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, Or have you seen the
storehouses of the hail,
Job 38:23 NASB - Which I have reserved for the time of distress, For the day of war and battle?
Job 38:24 NASB - "Where is the way that the light is divided, Or the east wind scattered on the
earth?
Job 38:25 NASB - "Who has cleft a channel for the flood, Or a way for the thunderbolt,
Job 38:26 NASB - To bring rain on a land without people, On a desert without a man in it,
Job 38:27 NASB - To satisfy the waste and desolate land And to make the seeds of grass to
sprout?
Job 38:28 NASB - "Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?
Job 38:29 NASB - "From whose womb has come the ice? And the frost of heaven, who has given
it birth?
Job 38:30 NASB - "Water becomes hard like stone, And the surface of the deep is imprisoned.
Job 38:31 NASB - "Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades, Or loose the cords of Orion?
Job 38:32 NASB - "Can you lead forth a constellation in its season, And guide the Bear with her
satellites?
Job 38:33 NASB - "Do you know the ordinances of the heavens, Or fix their rule over the earth?
Job 38:34 NASB - "Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, So that an abundance of water will
cover you?
Job 38:35 NASB - "Can you send forth lightnings that they may go And say to you, 'Here we
are'?
Job 38:36 NASB - "Who has put wisdom in the innermost being Or given understanding to the
mind?
Job 38:37 NASB - "Who can count the clouds by wisdom, Or tip the water jars of the heavens,
Job 38:38 NASB - When the dust hardens into a mass And the clods stick together?
Job 38:39 NASB - "Can you hunt the prey for the lion, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
Job 38:40 NASB - When they crouch in their dens And lie in wait in their lair?
Job 38:41 NASB - "Who prepares for the raven its nourishment When its young cry to God And
wander about without food?

Job 40:1 NASB - Then the LORD said to Job,
Job 40:2 NASB - "Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who reproves God
answer it."
Job 40:3 NASB - Then Job answered the LORD and said,
Job 40:4 NASB - "Behold, I am insignificant; what can I reply to You? I lay my hand on
my mouth.
Job 40:5 NASB - "Once I have spoken, and I will not answer; Even twice, and I will add nothing
more."