If you have ever visited a waterfall, you would agree that it is an awesome sight. I once visited Niagara Falls and took the boat ride toward the sheet of falling water. All passengers were covered with blue raincoats. The closer we got, the more excited I became to witness the falls up close. Interestingly, when we got close enough, I could no longer perceive the water falling but just a white sheet. Fascinating, I thought.

The largest waterfall is said to be Victoria Falls, located in Southern Africa. It measures 360 feet high (one football field), 5,603 feet wide (15 football fields) and its highest recorded flow rate was 444,965 cubic feet per second (about 200 million gallons per minute). It has even been included as one of the seven wonders of the world.

Would you believe the largest waterfall is really in the ocean? It is located below the Denmark Strait and, its flow rate is estimated to be over 55 billion gallons per minute. This is over 275 times more gallons per minute than Victoria Falls. It measures 11,500 feet high (about 32 football fields).

Hoover Dam generates 4.2 billion kilowatts per hour of hydroelectric power, which converts to 114 million gallons. Victoria Falls would generate almost two times more electricity than Hoover Dam but the falls under the Denmark Strait would generate about 482 times more electricity than the Dam. That would be enough hydroelectricity to power New York City about 34.5 times. Amazing!

This is a stirring reminder to me that we serve a humongous God. I am sure that since He was able to manage such grandiose creations, He can handle whatever little issues by comparison, we take to Him.

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon, and the stars, which you have set in place; what is man that you think of him, and a son of man that you are concerned about him?

(NASB, Psalm 8:3-4)