There's A Storm Coming

"Do any of the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies themselves send down showers? No, it is You, Lord our God. Therefore our hope is in You, for You are the one who does all this"- Jeremiah 14:22 (NIV).

Creedance Clearwater Revival (CCR) wrote a song titled Who'll Stop The Rain. God has used weather-related phenomena throughout history. Elijah prayed and God kept the rain from falling for three and a half years (James 5:17). Zechariah 9:14 speaks of God's arrows of lightning and His movement that of a whirlwind; sounds like a tornado or hurricane. The seventh plague on Egypt was hail and Revelation 16:21 speaks of hail weighing 100-pounds raining down on people. God hurls down sleet like crumbs; "who can stand before His cold?" (Psalm 147:17).  It's God who causes the sky to do these things. So, to answer CCR's questions: God stops the rain from falling. There's an eerie calm before a storm. Once more from CCR: "Someone told me long ago there's a calm before the storm, I know: it's been comin' for some time" (Have You Ever Seen The Rain). Does our nation worship worthless idols? Has it turned its back on the One who does all things? Prepare: There's a storm coming.