Thursday, February 20, 2014

God Is Still In Control


     What a winter we have experienced. The news reporters proclaim calamity and doom with every snowflake. They cry about how the climate is changing because of man. Only man can save the planet, if only we buy carbon credits and not burn wood or coal or gas, etc. I have news for them, GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL!
     It has snowed before, the rivers and ponds have frozen many times, it has gone below zero degrees not so long ago. Nothing new here, God is still in control.
     The only difference now is the problem of man shaking their fist at God and saying they can change the way God created the climate. There have been droughts. (Remember the dust bowl? If you were not taught about it, look it up). There have been floods, I’ve lived through three on the Ohio River myself. High winds and forest fires have all happened before, and usually helps the environment by naturally causing fertilizer for the soil. Just remember God is still in control.
     Every generation thinks they are the only ones going through these things. For many of us, when the news speaks of a couple of decades since an event occurred, we remember it like it was yesterday. But to those born twenty-five years ago, it seems ancient history. We need to remind them the bible states in Ecclesiastes 1:9 That which has been is what will be,
That which is done is what will be done, And there is nothing new under the sun.”
That means God is still in control.
      History repeats itself, those who take the time to study the bible and a little history can identify specific crucibles and react or prepare accordingly. One thing is certain, until Christ returns, there will be Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter. We should prepare yearly for rain, heat, dry, cold and so on. Our grandparents prepared for the worse, just in case, we seem to have lost that self-dependency and panic if the power goes out for a few hours.
     Psalm 155:3 says But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.” So just prepare for the rough times and enjoy the good times, and can we say in unison “GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL!”      

 

               

1 comment:

  1. Think you are correct in your ending comments. We seem to prepare for the best and if something happens we are in trouble. Not sure when we became a people that not only couldn't take a power outage but now we cannot survive without, cell phone service, internet or cable--the times they are a changin'.

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