Many of those who question God’s existence or goodness come back to some version of this question: Is what we’re witnessing supposed to be a reflection of a God who is in charge and is good? We see such evil and trauma in the world around us, and then we hear that God is in charge. How do we put those two together? For people who reject the premise of a Divine Being, this is almost always part of their argument. If we’re honest, there are times in every person’s life when we’d rather be in charge. So we all feel the reality of God’s claim to authority in a similar way. But what we’re learning as we go through the plagues of Egypt is that God demonstrates that He actually is the ruler of the earth, with power over nature and everything that exists. As believers, we need to take this truth deep into our souls and find the comfort that comes from embracing it by faith.