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From the Front Lines

The Blog of the Apologetics Resource Center (ARC).

29 August 2005

Hurricane Katrina Aims and Fires

Here in Birmingham the slight breeze racing through the tops of trees is a constant reminder that a few hundred miles south, lives and property are being devestated. My church spent time yesterday interceeding for people, asking God, who controls storm systems, to show mercy. These powerful storms always bring to mind a number of verses from the Word of God.

Job 37:5-6
God thunders with His voice wondrously, Doing great things which we cannot comprehend. For to the snow He says, 'Fall on the earth,'And to the downpour and the rain, 'Be strong.'

Jonah 1:4
The LORD hurled a great wind on the sea and there was a great storm on the sea so that the ship was about to break up.

Matthew 8:24-27
And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being covered with the waves; but Jesus Himself was asleep. And they came to Him and woke Him, saying, "Save us, Lord; we are perishing!" He said to them, "Why are you afraid, you men of little faith?" Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it became perfectly calm. The men were amazed, and said, "What kind of a man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?"

From these texts we discern that Almighty God is sovereign and thus raises up storms and has the ability to calm them. Those who believe that God is surprised by natural calamities do not believe in the God revealed in the Bible. So when we pray that God protect people, we truly believe that He has the power to do so. Furthermore, we pray that God would cause people to stand in awe at His power.

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