I think this is a question that occurs most often when are faced with suffering or evil in the world. It is not hard, theoretically, to believe that God is almighty. It is hardetr to do so when evl wins the day.

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This psychological difficulty, coupled with a rather unclear understading of God's almighty-ness, lies behind the all too common notion that perhaps God is not almighty after all. I've encountered it more and more lately.  For some it simply seems as if evil/the devil wins some days and God wins some.

 

We know that our capacity for thinking clearly is diminished when we greive or when disaster strikes. We need a faith and a theology that is able to help and guide us through troubled times, a theology that is unihindered by emotional distress.  

That means that we need to take a closer look at what we mean by saying that God is almighty, more specifically how he is almighty. 

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Often when we think of God as almighty we think of what God can do, that nothing or noone can stop him from doing anything. That is why we find it troublesome when tragedy strikes and God didn't stop it.  

However.

There is another way of looking at God's almighty power.

 

I think we need to consider that God's almighty power isn't necessarily mainly about running around and "putting out fires" of human tragedy. 

Instead, what if we consider God's power as such that every single darkness and tragedy that has or will happen is contained within God's power (and goodness)? He is not limited or surprised by them. He didn't blink and badness happened. He didn't lose the day to the devil. His power is simply so great that even tragedy and apparent evil doesn't stop it. What if God's power isn't about stopping every evil but using it for a greater good? What if his power is so great that even evil can't thwart it? It's like it says in Romans, chapter 8, verse 28:  And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good

That would be a great power indeed, and quite different from what we consider power, wouln'd it? Sounds like God to me.

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Thus, all evil and every tragedy is the work of the Devil, on that we must be clear. However, God is not limited or hindered by it, devil or broken creation or anything else. God's plan and God's will can not be stopped. God always win and 

His power is so great that even the greatest evil can, and was, turned into something good. The cross turned into an empty tomb, ultimate defeat to ultimate victory.

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A key mention should be made of the conditional statement made in the verse from Romans above, "for those who love God".

Sometimes the only possible way for God to turn an evil into something good we must include eternity and Heaven in the equation...and Heaven isn't something that happens automatically.