Path to the Waterfall

Job 38 ~ The Great Works of God

"Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder:  To cause it to rain on the earth where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man.  To satisfy the desolation and waste ground;  and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

Job 38:25-27

 Trickling water nourishes the lush vegetation along the pathway to Akaka Falls on the Big Island of Hawaii.

 A small pool of water has formed collecting rain water from the tropical hills above.
Quite sure there was a turtle nearby ready to take a swim.

Akaka Falls - near Honomu on the Big Island of Hawaii

Akaka Falls National Park Marker

Walking through the rain forest, winding down, curving up, beholding the lush tropical greens ... one can only marvel at Akaka Falls and the beauty of its flowing waters. The God of Heaven and Earth created this amazing world by His pleasure ... and it was good.

His Handiwork ~ "My Meditation of Him shall be Sweet" Psalm 104

Oh Lord, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.

Psalm 104:24

"The waters go down by the valleys unto the place which thou has founded for them." 

Psalm 109:8

"Thou has set a bound that they may not pass over." 

Psalm 104:9

"Who laid the foundatoins of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever."  

Psalm 104:5

"Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains." 

Psalm 104:6

"The sun knoweth his going down." 

Psalm 104:19

"The Earth Shall Tremble" Jeremiah 10:10

Trembling Earth

Devastation and Life

Hawaii's Volcano National Park

Once the trembling subsides from volcanic activity, earth's surface is clearly left with devastation, evident for years to come.  Jeremiah 10:10 proves to us that God's wrath is able to affect earth in a mighty way.  Our Scripture also provides a picture of God's mercy -- He has promised love and blessing for our feeble attempts at obedience to His plan. The phrase "land flowing with milk and honey" is that very beautiful portrayal of sweetness and abundance.  The prophet Jeremiah is instrumental in presenting the contrast of wrath/judgement with love/provision.  "Obey my voice, and do, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God.  ... to give ... a Land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day." Jeremiah 11: 4,5.  

This is the Lava Lake which resulted from the trembling eruption of  Kilauea 1959 on the southern portion of the Big Island of Hawaii.  Near the Kilauea Caldera is a 38 mile round trip drive which descends 3700 feet to the Hawaiian coast; it ends where lava has covered the main road since 1986 from this still active Kilauea Volcano. Interestingly enough, the path leading to the crater walk edges a tropical rainforest.  The entire area is called, The Chain of Craters with evidence of eruptions 500 years and prior.  Today lava is flowing near the sea, visible by a red glow, while a fume cloud can often be seen near the Kalapana site, Pu'u Huluhulu, and at the Jaggar Museum overlook just after sunset.

 Vegetation returns to the area, showing God's regenerating power of life, shades of green among the bleak grays of the hardened lava.  "But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king ... He hath made the earth by His power, he hath established the world by His wisdom" (Jeremiah 10:10,12).

Upon closer examination of the young Ohi'a lehua tree, the brightly petaled flower is cheerfully stating, "I'm here. I've made it back. Out of from the darkness and cinder."  Just after ferns start to push through rocky wasteland, the Lehua plant makes its entrance.  Wouldn't you agree that our Heavenly Father has designed this plant so uniquely that even the petals of the Ohi'a flower look like bursting flames from a volcano?
Just a hundred feet from the Lehua and its brilliant reddish,orange buds, active Steam Vents exhale from the deep crevasses beneath.

Psalm 104:32 "He looketh upon the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke."