We are living in a world that is full of problems. We have problems in our world, in our communities, in our schools, in our churches, in our families, and even in our own minds. If you are loaded down with problems right now, the good news is that God is bigger than your problems.
One of the songs that our students love to sing in chapel is God’s love is bigger than a burger. The words of the song go like this:
God’s love is bigger than a burger, and it’s bigger than a mouse. Bigger than an elephant, and bigger than a house. Bigger than a bus, and bigger than a tree. Bigger than a mountain, bigger than the sea.
What about a cloud? Bigger! What about the sky? Bigger! What about the earth? Bigger! What about the moon? Bigger! What about the sun? Bigger! And what about the stars? Bigger! Is anything bigger than this big love? Er…no!

The point of the song is that nothing is bigger than God’s big love for us, not even our problems.
When John, who was one of Jesus’ original 12 disciples, wrote the book of Revelation he was faced with a lot of problems. The Roman Emperor Domitian has exiled him on the island of Patmos. The Romans and Pagans were persecuting Christians for their faith, and within the Church there was infighting and a huge increase in apostasy and false teachings. From a human perspective it looked like Christianity was not going to make it out of the first century.
As John struggles with all of these problems, Jesus comes to him and assures him that he has nothing to worry about because God is bigger than all of these problems. Jesus reminds John that even though things seem hopeless, that the world is in God’s loving hands (Revelation 1:17-20).
Whatever problems you may be facing right now, I pray that you will be encouraged by the truth that God is bigger than your problems, and that he is holding you in his loving hands.

God bless,

Roland Talamaivao-Amituanai
Chaplain