2 Samuel 22:7-18
God is by character (and by my relationship to God as His child) my deliverer, rescuer, healer, comforter, and protector. God doesn’t change during storms. Storms are no match for God. God created the world and all that is in it. God is still in control. Just once God commanded the sun to rise in the east and set generally in the west. Only man has the option to obey God. God thundereth marvelously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend. For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength. … Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north. By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened. Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud: And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth. He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy. Read Job 37:5- 13 When God created the wind and rain, He knew that their collective powers could cause havoc. When in a storm, you are in the midst of God’s creation. God can control the storms that arise on the seas as well as those which arise in life. Verse 12 of Job 37 says they – the whirlwinds, rain, cold, frost, “do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth”. In Matthew 8:23-27, Mark 4:35-41, and Luke 8:22-25, Jesus was awakened, and He calmed the storm. We need not fear – enemies or storms. God can still whisper peace be still. Or God can lift us out of our storm. When our faith is anchored in God, we can endure storms with confidence. We grow as we practice faith in God as our protector and rescuer. Storms are designed to rage; whirlwinds are equipped to blow. Earthquakes are supposed to shake and dislodge the earth. Volcanoes erupt because God created them to do just that. These elements of nature pose three spiritual questions. First, am I doing what God created and equipped me to do? Second, am I responding to God in the faith and knowledge that God is the same God no matter my circumstances? Finally, is the storm in my life for my correction, for your land, or for mercy? – M L Carstarphen Kelley 03/26/22