Mightier than the thunder of the great waters, mightier than the breakers of the sea– the LORD on high is mighty. (NIV) Psalm 93:4
I live in Sarasota, which is located on the west coast of Florida. After living here for 29 years, I have a tremendous respect for the power of nature. I’ve seen the devastation that storms can cause in our area. Sarasota has been fortunate in dodging storm after storm but, I’ve learned to take the warnings seriously. Once again we are preparing. This time for tropical storm Fay. Because I live near the water, I left my home today for the safety of higher ground at my parents’ home.
I am always amazed at the power of storms. Huge trees fall…some with trunks as much as two feet thick, are uprooted. Many times it looks like the root systems are ripped up with what looks like a carpet of sod along with them. Large sailboats are scattered on the banks of the bay looking like they are toys that are easily tossed onto shore. The raw power of creation is obvious to all. It is a reminder of how little control we really have in life. No one can harness a storm and make it subside. . .no one that is except God.
- And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good. (NIV) Genesis 1:9-10
- He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea. (NIV) Job 9:8
- He spreads out the northern over empty space; he suspends the earth over nothing. He wraps up the waters in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their weight. He covers the face of the full moon, spreading his clouds over it. He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters for a boundary between light and darkness. The pillars of the heavens quake, aghast at his rebuke. By his power he churned up the sea. . .(NIV) Job 26:7-12a
- God understands the way to it and he alone knows where it dwells, for he views the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens. When he established the force of the wind and measured out the waters, when he made a decree for the rain and a path for the thunderstorm, then he looked at wisdom and appraised it; he confirmed it and tested it. (NIV) Job 28:23-27
As you go through the storms of life, look to the One who can harness the wind and the waves.
Written by Marji “Mike” Kruger
