Job 25
Explanation and Bible story for toddlers and preschoolers (ages 3-6)
The Explanation
Far away, a man named Job sat sick and sad. He had a friend named Bildad. Bildad looked up at the sky one night.
The sky was big. So big. Bildad saw the moon, shining white. He saw stars, twinkling far away.
Bildad said, "Look up. God is high above." He said, "God makes peace, even up there." He said, "Who can count how big God is? Nobody!"
Bildad looked at the moon again. He said, "Even the moon is not so bright, not next to God." He said, "Even the stars are not so clean, not next to God."
Then Bildad looked down at the ground. He looked at himself. He looked small.
He said, "How can a person be clean before God?" He said people are small, so small. Like little worms in the dirt.
What Does This Mean?
Bildad felt tiny that night. He looked up, up, up at the sky. God felt so far away, so big, so bright.
Have you ever looked at the stars? So many. So sparkly. So high up.
Bildad felt small next to them. And smaller still, next to God.
The Common Thread
Bildad was right that God is big. Bigger than the moon. Bigger than every star.
But Bildad did not know something wonderful yet. God is big, yes. But God also comes close.
One day, God sent Jesus. Jesus did not stay far away in the sky. Jesus came down. He walked on dirt roads. He touched sick people. He held children on His lap.
God is not just high and far. God is also near and warm. Jesus shows us that.
For You
Tonight, if you go outside, look up. Find one star. Just one.
That star is far, far away. But you are not far from God. God knows your name. He knows how you smell after your bath. He knows your favorite blanket.
Big God. Small you. But not far away. Close.
Talk About It
What did Bildad see when he looked up at the sky?
Can you think of one way God is close to you, even though He is big?
Praying Together
Dear God, You are so big. Bigger than the moon. Bigger than the stars.
But You are not far away. Thank You for coming close, through Jesus.
Thank You for knowing my name. Amen.
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What others discovered
Bildad meant it as a hammer: God's armies past counting, His light exposing everyone. No hiding from such majesty. But listen again to his own words, "On whom does his light not arise?" Even on the man scraping his sores in the ashes. The light Bildad used to shrink Job was also falling on him. It falls on you too, in the place you'd rather not be seen.
Bildad looks up at the moon and can only say it is not bright enough: "Behold, even the moon has no brightness, and the stars are not pure in his sight." He is not wrong about God's holiness. He is wrong about what to do with it. He hands a grieving man a truth like a stone.
Ask yourself who you are trying to silence with correct doctrine. God's answer to Job was not a smaller God, but a God who finally spoke to him directly, by name.
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