I also withheld the rain from you when there were yet three months to the harvest; I would send rain on one city, and send no rain on another city… declares the Lord. (Amos 4:7,8 ESV)
God’s Hand
Some days are pretty bad. Some weeks are pretty bad. Some months are pretty bad. Some years, too.
And if we lived in a universe that was a battleground between good and evil, we might be afraid, discouraged, and despairing. If God is so powerful, we might ask, why doesn’t He just win the battle? Why does a good God allow horrible things to take place under His throne?
But we do not live in that kind of universe.
We live in a universe that is absolutely under God’s control. He alone is sovereign. He alone is ultimately behind every scene. He alone is God.
Somehow, in ways that I do not claim to fully comprehend, God is at work both in rain and rain’s lack. God is at work in both sunshine and storm. God is at work in both bountiful blessings, and lesser blessings.
And while I do not understand His ways… I trust Him. I trust His love. I trust His vision. I trust His plans. I trust His work.
While the rest of the world fears an unseen imbalance in the cosmos, Christians can know that the good God holds the reins.
We are peculiar, we know His hand.