72 Niagara Falls, Slowly I Turn! Facing the Falls

“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding. Who determined its measurements—surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone, when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?” Job 38:4-7 (ESV)

As the morning came into being I was getting pumped up to see it. As we ventured from our motel room on Grand Island Boulevard and got some iced coffee from a place that was not Starbucks (sorry guys) it was off to get there. My parents went there for their honeymoon, Nik Wallenda just crossed and the Three Stooges made an impression about it in my young mind. NIAGARA FALLS!!! Slowly I turn, step by step, inch by inch…anyway, enough about Knucklehead Knoll. (Stooges fans you know what I mean) The family was just there the night before to see the Falls at night but with all the whoopla going on with the tightrope walking it was hard to really take it in.

The plan was real simple, Cave of the Winds, Maid of the Mist, and stroll the park surrounding the Falls. The Cave of the Winds was quite an experience. There is a deck there where you can experience hurricane force winds and water spray. I went back twice…took quite a water beating. Then it was off to the Maid of the Mist. I was told by a friend that when you got to the Canadian Falls (the Horseshoe Falls) in the boat, to look up and try to take notice on just the enormity of the Falls at that point. So with my blue poncho at the ready and my infamous mirrored safety glasses in place it was into the big drink. Being a boater myself, I began to wonder just how much horsepower it was taking to approach the Horseshoe Falls but once the boat was at the closest point it could reach I looked up….AWESOME, God’s majesty at its finest.

I have never seen such beauty but yet with such awesome power and force. It was mind blowing to say the least. It was at this point where I thought of what Elohim said to Job, “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding. Who determined its measurements—surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone, when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?” I don’t care what those knuckleheads who say our world is some sort of cosmic accident say, where were they when the foundations of the earth were laid? My guess is 1313 Mockingbird Lane with Herman and Grandpa in the basement trying to concoct some kind of witches brew to prove their point on creation.

In John Gill’s commentary on Job, he penned: “The earth has foundations, and such firm ones that it cannot be moved; but what are they, since it is hung in the air on nothing! No other than the power and will of God, who laid these foundations, and the Son of God, who has created and upholds all things by the word of His power.” He also has this to say about Job but my guess is that we need to apply this to ourselves as well: “Job had the understanding of a man in things natural and civil, and of a good man in things spiritual and divine; but he had no understanding of this, of what he is questioned about; could not declare in what place he was, and where he stood, when the earth was founded.”

From the time I first heard Moe and Larry say, NIAGARA FALLS, I wondered what the big deal was.  Mom told us the story of the honeymoon there with Dad and that has its romantic side to it. But to see this marvel up close and personal was just an awesome privilege. Sometimes we get so caught up with being in traffic, going to work, going to here and going to there that we forget to take the time to fall back and look at the creation around us. We also can get caught with the notion that we make things kinda work out for us. After seeing the Falls the way I did, I can concluded that apart from HIM… I can do NUTTIN’!! I hope you have come to the same conclusion. Amen? — Chris Hughes is a graduate of the Colony of Mercy and a Freedom Fighter blogger

Team YOU: Job 32-33; Proverbs 6; Acts 1

Motivations: The Bible never tries to prove God’s existence. It simply states it as a fact. Nor does the Bible attempt to explain what is beyond our ability to comprehend. It simply declares in its very first verse, ‘In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). —Dave Hunt

Practice to Remember: Level 1:Philippians 2:3; Level 2: Philippians 2:1-4

Powered Up:  How many of you are praying consistently with your children at home? How ironic that we can seek to legislate prayer in schools when we don’t pray at home. – Richard C. Halverson