The Fringes

Nathan Stam
Communications/Children's Pastor

Anybody else seen Fringe? It kind of reminds me of the X-Files, but I miss Scully and Mulder so I've never quite gotten into it. But did you know Job, of Biblical fame, was in to Fringe science as well?

Listen to what Job, in a very poetic way, has to say in Chapter 26 about God (by the way, Job had been through a lot by the time he gets to this point!):

• He stretches the northern skies over empty space.
• He hangs the earth on nothing!
• He laid out the horizon on the surface of the water!
• The pillars that hold up the sky tremble at His rebuke.
• By His breath the heavens gained their beauty! By His very breath!

And then Job exclaims:

"These are but the fringes of His ways;
how faint is the word we hear of Him!
Who can understand His mighty thunder?"

Or put another way in a different translation:

"And this is only the beginning,
a mere whisper of His rule.
Whatever would we do if He really raised His voice!"

What an incredibly amazing God! When we look at all He has done, all the wonders we've seen Him work in our family's life, all the miracles we've seen in our own lives; we're only seeing a fringe of His Power. A mere whisper of His sovereign rule.

Here's to the whispers and the fringes, and here's to the Day that He raises His voice!