As we come to the end of Job, God speaks in chapters 38 – 41. I just noticed something in the opening:

Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said… (Job 38.1, NKJV)

It was a literal storm that Elihu was talking about in Job 37!

From the chamber of the south comes the whirlwind, And cold from the scattering winds of the north. By the breath of God ice is given, And the broad waters are frozen. Also with moisture He saturates the thick clouds; He scatters His bright clouds. And they swirl about, being turned by His guidance, That they may do whatever He commands them On the face of the whole earth. He causes it to come, Whether for correction, Or for His land, Or for mercy. (Job 37.9 – 13, NKJV)

The remainder of chapter 38 is God asserting his control over the earth, the oceans, the stars – “I was there when they were created, I control these things, do you?”

Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. Who determined its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? To what were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone, When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy? “Or who shut in the sea with doors, When it burst forth and issued from the womb; When I made the clouds its garment, And thick darkness its swaddling band; When I fixed My limit for it, And set bars and doors; When I said, ‘”This far you may come, but no farther, And here your proud waves must stop!”(Job 38.4 – 11, NKJV)

It wouldn’t hurt to remind ourselves every now and then to consider our size and power relative to God!

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand and marked off the heavens with a span, enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance?…Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket, and are accounted as the dust on the scales; behold, he takes up the coastlands like fine dust. Lebanon would not suffice for fuel, nor are its beasts enough for a burnt offering. All the nations are as nothing before him, they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness. To whom then will you liken God, or what likeness compare with him? (Isaiah 40.12, 15 – 18, ESV)