We install tornado sirens in our cities, anchor sea buoys in the vast Atlantic, and have a Tsunami Warning Center to protect us from storms.
We want to be safe. We want it so much that there have been times we have attempted to divert the storm, from using lasers to bleed off electrical energy during thunderstorms to pouring liquid nitrogen in the ocean to deprive hurricanes of heat energy.
In Vietnam, clouds were seeded to alter weather patterns, hoping to change the outcome of battles. It was unsuccessful, but it shows our desperation.
Sometimes the best we can do is hide from the weather. When the forces of nature decide to rise against us, we have no recourse but to run.
In our walk with Christ, sometimes it’s tempting to see our relationship with him as a feel-good experience. However, the Word tells us another side of our Lord that we tend to overlook.
He is the tornado that comes at us without warning. He is the hurricane that batters us mercilessly. He is the tsunami that rises higher and higher, washing everything clean.
Jeremiah 47:6 speaks about the awesome power of the Lord and the one who wields it.
“Ah, sword of the LORD, how long till you are quiet? Put up yourself into your scabbard; rest, and be still.”
The sword of the Lord was Babylon, and she had been raised up against the Philistines. This was a cry for relief from the judgments of God.
What was the answer? We read of the awesome majesty of our God in Jeremiah 47:7.
“How can it be quiet, when the LORD has given it a charge? Against Ashkelon, and against the seashore he has appointed it.”
When God, our ever-present storm, raises his hand, there is no place to be safe, no room in which to hide, and no hope in running from him. His plans will be completed, even unto the ends of the earth.
We must ask not what God can provide for us; instead, we must discover what we can do for God.
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