Here in the great Northwest lately we have been subjected to snow storms (and we hardly know what snow looks like!), ice storms and devastating floods.
A couple of my Christian friends have remarked, "I don't understand the severity of the weather, but I will accept whatever weather the Lord sends."
Whoa, Baby, Whoa!
Did you ever stop and think, Who really does send the weather?
Ephesians 2:2, in speaking of Satan, refers to him as the "prince of the power of the air." He's been the prince of the power of the air ever since Adam committed high treason and turned this world over to his control. Yes, God is still in control; He knows what is transpiring; and He has set boundaries that Satan cannot cross (as in the case of Job). But God doesn't send all these destructive storms even though He permits them. James 1:17a proclaims, Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above. Somehow I can't reconcile floods, earthquakes, snow and ice storms as "good and perfect gifts."
Let's not blame our Heavenly Father for Satan's works.
Preacher's Kid
P.S. Insurance companies refer to such incidents as "acts of God," -- but they don't indicate whether they're referring to our Father/God or to "the god of this world'.
Just thinking out loud, as usual!
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