At first glance, Job 26:7 looks simple: “He hangs the earth on nothing.” It reads like poetry. Something you might skim over on the way to a bigger verse. But when you stop and think about it, this statement is shocking, especially in the time it was written.

3,000 years ago, nobody believed the earth was just floating in space. That idea was unthinkable. Every culture had its own explanation for how the world stayed in place. The Egyptians imagined giant pillars holding it up. The Greeks told stories of a god named Atlas carrying it on his shoulders. Other cultures described elephants standing on the back of a turtle. To them, that was not mythology, it was their best explanation of reality. It felt more believable than the thought of the earth hanging on nothing.

So when Job wrote these words, it would have sounded ridiculous. Saying the earth hangs on nothing back then would be like someone today saying, “Actually, we live on a giant turtle flying through space.” People would have laughed. And yet, Job’s description was not just wild poetry, it turned out to be true.

Today, we know the earth really does hang in space. It is not sitting on pillars, animals, or the back of a god. It is suspended by forces you cannot see, floating in what looks like nothing. Scientists call it gravity. But long before telescopes, rockets, and astronauts, Job gave us a description that matches reality better than anything his culture could imagine.

That is what makes this verse so incredible. It shows us that God’s Word was right even when everyone else thought differently. For thousands of years, people shrugged off Job’s words as nonsense. Now we know they were accurate all along. And that is a reminder: God does not need science to validate Him. He speaks truth before we have the tools to understand it.

But there is another layer here. Job’s life itself felt like it was hanging on nothing. He lost his family, his health, his wealth, and his reputation. Everything solid was gone. His world looked like empty space. Yet Job discovered that even when everything else falls away, God still holds you steady.

Maybe that is where you are right now. You feel unsupported, like your life has no foundation. You look around and see nothing holding you up. But the same God who keeps the earth suspended in space is the one holding your life together. You are not hanging on nothing. You are hanging on Him.

The earth is not on a turtle. It is not on Atlas. And it is not on your shoulders either. It is secure in God’s hands. And so are you.

When you’re not sure how to pray, A.C.T.S. gives you a simple path to follow: Adore, Confess, Thank, and Ask.

In Jesus name, Amen

“How Great Is Our God” by Chris Tomlin

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Remember, thousands of years before science, Job said it first.

See you tomorrow,

Zach and the Daily Devotion team