I feel like sometimes we underestimate how big; how powerful our God is.
As I'm writing this, I'm sitting in complete darkness with my blinds rolled up on my windows, in awe of this crazy storm that literally came out of nowhere. East coast weather is crazy. It can be the most perfect weather conditions all day long, and suddenly an intense thunder storm will break out. Lightning. Roaring thunder. Hail. Tornados. Flash flooding. Apparently minor hurricanes. And an unbelievable amount of rain. I've never seen anything quite like it.
But as I'm trying to grasp the power of this raging storm, I cannot help but smile, and be almost joyful....
It's a strange thought. With bad weather usually comes, more of a melancholy atmosphere to the entire day. But I feel the total opposite.
Because if you think about it, God shows only a small portion of His insane amount of power. The current weather report warns that 'Strong thunderstorms will move across Wake county... Gusty winds from 30 to 40 mph... An excessive amount of deadly cloud to ground lightning... Seek shelter... Strong winds are capable of knocking down trees, plants, outdoor furniture.'
All that for a storm that is supposed to last an hour and ten minutes, and that's it. Only light rain after 4 am... That's a definite amount of power in one storm for such a short period of time. All the while, a majority of the city is asleep, and will only know about the storm from the morning news reports.
But that doesn't mean it didn't happen....
We KNOW God is powerful. That just comes with His title. But I think so many times we fail to realize that He's even more powerful than we could ever comprehend. When we go through times of trials, times where we feel like God isn't there, when we feel like He's not using His power in our lives and circumstances; we tend to forget that He's the God of the entire universe.
He created the world. THE. WORLD. (Gen. 1:1)
He tore mountains apart, shattered rocks, brought forth earthquakes and fire, and then sent a gentle whisper. (1 Kings 19:11-12)
He calms storms; the winds and waves OBEY Him. (Mark 4:35-41)
He rescued Daniel from the torment of brutal, hungry lions. (Daniel 6:26-28)
Jesus made the lame walk, the mute speak, the sick well again. (Luke 5&6)
He gave the disciples the ability to cast out demons, and heal diseases. (Luke 9:1-3)
He raised Christ from the dead. (John 20)
He brings salvation to all who would believe in Him. (Romans 1:15-17)
I could go on for days. Story, after story, after story of God making His power SO evident in our lives. And yet, sometimes we feel like He's not strong enough to handle what we're struggling with. He's not mighty enough to life us out of depression, out of fear, out of darkness. He doesn't have the power to heal our wounds, our hurts, our utter brokenness.
We can't continue to underestimate God's extreme amount of power in and over our lives;
in our world.
He makes it evident that He's strong enough, mighty enough, gracious enough, loving, merciful, holy, powerful enough to conquer absolutely anything and everything.
WE are the ones who need to start really believing it. We won't be able to grasp it, and like this storm, sometimes it may go unnoticed. We may feel like He's not there, like He's not moving, like we're alone... but that doesn't mean He's not still fully present. That doesn't mean He's not working towards something far greater. We could be 'asleep' and not even see His might in the midst of our circumstances, but His power is still raging on all around us.
A power that's far too great to be underestimated...
"...And these are but the outer fringe of his works;
how faint the whisper we hear of him!
Who then can understand the thunder of his power?"
how faint the whisper we hear of him!
Who then can understand the thunder of his power?"
Job 26:14
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