While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.” (Genesis 8:22 ESV)
Weather and Faith
Weather is one of the most talked about subjects. We discuss good weather, bad weather, weather forecasts, weather memories, weather worries, and weather hopes.
At least partially because we are insecure about weather. Weather can be scary. Weather can cause financial collapse. Weather can ruin our plans. Weather can affect history.
And weather is one thing over which we have no control. We can not make it rain and we can not make it stop raining. We can not raise the temperature and we can not lower the temperature. We can not move a hurricane, a tornado, a cold front, or a drought.
God made a promise long ago. He promised that weather would reliably continue. And it has. On a large scale, weather is predictable. Seasons occur every year. Weather cycles happen. And while we might not be able to set our watches by the weather, we can set our calendars.
When things like the weather are obviously out of our control, we might become afraid. But God has given us a pattern that reminds us that He is reliable. He is steady. He might even be predictable.
That pattern has lasted since the days of Noah. And that pattern gives us the opportunity for faith. We look back and recognize the seasons stretching into history… the pattern well established… the past securely in place.
So we can be at peace about things that are out of our control. Because God has shown that He has been in control. Even the weather has followed His plan.
Take the faith God gives you.