I once had a friend ask me that if God exists, why doesn't he do something to make that fact obvious to everybody. (His suggested miracle that would finally prove God's existence beyond any doubt was to change the skin color of the president.) On one level, this question is an objection from an unbeliever saying that if God existed, he would do a certain thing, and if he doesn't do that, he must not exist. At the same time, it can also be a question for believers who wonder what God is doing in the world. Why are episodes like the showdown between Elijah and the prophets of Baal the exception rather than the norm? The problem in both cases is measuring God by our standards, wondering why God doesn't do things in the way that makes the most sense to us.