Answer to Prayer
I took a look at the news this morning and saw these headlines:
The title caught my attention because we had been praying that the storm and its impact would diminish. Check out these short quotes from the news article:
“A small change in Hurricane Ike’s course just before it crashed into the Texas coast Saturday may have spared the state and the nation from significantly worse economic damage.
“The center of the storm appeared to miss the vital concentration of oil and petrochemical refineries in the Houston area, and the surge of water rolling into the nation’s second-largest port was also weaker than predicted.
“‘If the eye of that storm had been as much as 20 miles east, we would have a lot more havoc and damage than we did.’”
Though there is still tremendous damage, I believe God in His grace spared us from much worse.
Chris Tomlin’s song, “Indescribable” comes to mind with the lyrics:
Who has told every lightning bolt where it should go
Or seen heavenly storehouses laden with snow
Who imagined the sun and gives source to its light
Yet conceals it to bring us the coolness of night
None can fathom
Indescribable, uncontainable,
You placed the stars in the sky
and You know them by name.
You are amazing God
All powerful, untameable,
Awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim
You are amazing God
This song has its roots in Job 38 when God responded to Job and said:
“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand...Who shut up the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb… when I fixed limits for it and set its doors and bars in place, when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther; here is where your proud waves halt’?
“What is the way to the place where the lightning is dispersed, or the place where the east winds are scattered over the earth? Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain, and a path for the thunderstorm… Can you raise your voice to the clouds and cover yourself with a flood of water? Do you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?”
What a great reminder that God is greater than our circumstances and the storms of life that come from time to time.
We continue to pray for those affected by this huge storm, but are thanking God for who He is, recognizing His power and giving Glory to His Name.
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09/15 at 09:21 PM
Praise God for His providential benevolence in this. I read your blog weekly and keep you in my prayers. God’s blessings upon you and your family as you minister there!