Good morning,
Have
you seen the pictures of the heavens that the scientists are taking of
the stars and planets all around us? The pictures are awesome beyond
words, but not a word leaks out about the planner and builder of such an
awesome display of beauty and power. It all started with a “big bang”,
they say. Have you seen the pictures of the storms and awesome winds
and waves that the Lord has been sending to remind us of his awesome
creativity with our weather? For some parts of the world, the Master of
weather and wind has kept that part of his world dry and hot or cold
and wind driven, while at other places in his creation there is rain and
wind that bring awful destruction and suffering to those who live in
those places. In America, the media does it’s best to ignore world wide
issues like this in favor of celebrating the dream world that explains
unpleasant events like this as a part of our unwise use of our natural
resources. The story we are told is that if we just go “green” we can
get out of these conditions.
As I am writing this, God has
arranged for a massive storm to travel up our eastern coastline that is
900+ miles wide (1,500 kilometers) that has the potential for being the
most destructive storm we have ever seen in America. It is a
combination of three different storms that will come together that has
the potential to effect 60,000,000 people within the next two days. I
have yet to hear of, or read of, any mention of the Master who is
controlling this massive challenge to a people who have turned their
hearts away from God. In America this year we have had to deal with a
major drought and several very powerful and destructive storms, but not a
word about why the Master of weather would be doing something like
this. In the heat of Job’s testing, when it seemed that everything had
gone wrong, Elihu reminded Job of the importance of seeing our weather
as part of something more than wind and rain. Elihu pointed out that it
was God who loads the clouds with water and sends the lightning and the
rain. He gave God credit for forming the churning clouds and sending
them to carry out his plans whenever he wanted to make a point. And
God’s point? He makes these things happen either to punish people or
show his unfailing love. Could it be that God is telling us something
far more important then who wins the election and runs the government? I
think that he is telling us it is time to repent and return to him
before he does something even worse to show us that there really is a
God in the heavens who rules the earth as well.
Job 37:11
He loads the clouds with moisture, and they flash with his lightning.
12 The clouds churn about at his direction. They do whatever he commands
throughout the earth. 13 He makes these things happen either to punish
people or to show his unfailing love.
Roy Wisner
