Disasters have the potential to cripple us. Scratch that. The usually cripple us. One of the most common questions I hear from people no matter their belief system is "Where is God? How is this loving or good?"
Ironically, this is a question I spent a season of my life wrestling. It is also the major issue in my book, Shaken, which releases in January 2014.
Unfortunately, there is no cookie cutter answer to this question. Like "proving" that God spoke and creation came into being, choosing to believe that God is good in spite of the storms is a choice based on faith.
A few years ago, storms raged in my life and my heart raged against God. Seriously. One night in Colorado, I locked myself in my apartment and yelled into the room, wishing God was present for me to throw something at Him. Not my finest moment. But in the midst of that storm, I learned a lot about weathering the rocky seasons...
1) God is good despite the circumstances - Nahum 1:7. In fact, He is a stronghold in the midst of the pain.
2) He is peace. He stills the storm literally and figuratively. He stilled the storm when the disciples cried out to Him.
3) He allows them to test and grow our dependence on Him. In Job, He tells Satan to let Job have it because He knew Job would never renounce God.
4) Storms either make us bloom or demonstrate the shallowness of our roots. Who/what do you depend on?
In the midst of the Oklahoma tornadoes, the war in the Middle East, the death of children we have an opportunity to point people to a God who comforts, heals, restores, and gives hope.
Will you trust Him when the storm comes?
Ironically, this is a question I spent a season of my life wrestling. It is also the major issue in my book, Shaken, which releases in January 2014.
Unfortunately, there is no cookie cutter answer to this question. Like "proving" that God spoke and creation came into being, choosing to believe that God is good in spite of the storms is a choice based on faith.
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| Fire fighter from Stillwater, OK helping in tornado relief. |
1) God is good despite the circumstances - Nahum 1:7. In fact, He is a stronghold in the midst of the pain.
2) He is peace. He stills the storm literally and figuratively. He stilled the storm when the disciples cried out to Him.
3) He allows them to test and grow our dependence on Him. In Job, He tells Satan to let Job have it because He knew Job would never renounce God.
4) Storms either make us bloom or demonstrate the shallowness of our roots. Who/what do you depend on?
In the midst of the Oklahoma tornadoes, the war in the Middle East, the death of children we have an opportunity to point people to a God who comforts, heals, restores, and gives hope.
Will you trust Him when the storm comes?
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