I was watching the news last night and saw videos of the tornado's in the Dallas Fort Worth area. There was one that made my jaw drop. Tractor trailers and Tractors of the trucking company "Schneider" (you know those orange colored trucks you see on the highway everywhere, it seems?) were being thrown around like they were toys. Someone had taken videos of one being thrown what looked like 100 feet into the air and then came crashing down. This was a TRACTOR TRAILER, you know a 18-Wheeler, a Diesel Truck AND trailer, being thrown through the air like it weighed nothing. Reminded me of the movie "Twister", but with no cows.
This is natures power in action. Mankind thinks we have done so much, accomplished such greatness, but nature can cause our jaw to drop. I am very sorry for loss of property and "things" from these storms in the D/FW area of Texas, but I hope loss of life and serious injuries were kept to a minimum. When we see something like this, it shows us that God is, indeed powerful. He made everything including everything in nature, so this is His creation in action. God did not cause this to happen, a long time ago He started the wheels of the stars, the planets, Heavens, earth, weather.............in motion and has left it alone. He can and has interfered with weather from time to time when someone asks Him to and has faith that He can do anything, But for the most part, He let's nature run it's course.
Have you every been in a storm so terrible it scared you? Sure most of us have. A thunderstorm, a nearby Tornado, A snow blizzard, a hurricane, a flood..................When weather is this bad and we are caught in the middle of it, it is scarey. There is nothing we can do but pray. Who do we pray to? The God who made weather, so why cannot He take care of this weather, and save us? He can, He does, He will, but we just have to ask.
Luke 8:22-25: "One day Jesus said to his disciples, “Let’s cross to the other side of the lake.” So they got into a boat and started out. As they sailed across, Jesus settled down for a nap. But soon a fierce storm came down on the lake. The boat was filling with water, and they were in real danger.
The disciples went and woke him up, shouting, “Master, Master, we’re going to drown!”
When Jesus woke up, he rebuked the wind and the raging waves. Suddenly the storm stopped and all was calm. Then he asked them, “Where is your faith?”
The disciples were terrified and amazed. “Who is this man?” they asked each other. “When he gives a command, even the wind and waves obey him!”
Jesus who was God's Son, "rebuked the winds and the waves" AND they obeyed Him. Why? Because He was the Son of the living God? Because He had extra powers then anyone else? Because He was holding a .357 Magnum? No, only because HE spoke with authority and believed. He had FAITH> He told His friends, the disciples, that they basically could have done the same thing,"Where is your faith", He asked them. He may have been a little upset with them because the woke Him up from a good nap, and He didn't get to many chances to get a little sleep. He more then likely couldn't even sleep after watching the Football game on Sunday afternoon, like ALL men do.
These storms in North Texas yesterday were very powerful, destructive, scarey, but not surprising. It is, of course, springtime, and Tornado time in Tornado Alley. But this does not make it safe, or not scarey, or less dangerous. God IS POWERFUL!!!!!!!!!! He can do anything He wants, ANYTHING. Remember the "Faith as small as a mustard seed, and this mountain is gone" verse? Matthew 17:20
“You don’t have enough faith,” Jesus told them. “I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible.
You see Jesus was disappointed His friends had to wake Him up to perform a miracle that they could have just as easily have done themselves. "Where is your Faith"? Does this mean you and I could tell a tornado to go away? If WE have faith, yes. Just the faith the size of a little bitty seed, is all it takes to move a mountain, then that is all it takes to stop a storm also.
Yes there will be tornado's, hurricanes, floods, hail, disaster..........in this world, but if we have Faith in our God, the maker of well everything, we can move mountains. What kinds of mountains? Any kind, our own personal mountains, relationships, income, illness, death, depression, addictions, actual mountains, anything, there is NO limit to God's power, there is however a limit to our faith, because we limit it ourselves with unbelief.
I have prayed and will continue to pray for the people in North Texas, that were devastated by these storms, I pray that loss of life was zero, but I have not heard yet. Remember God has unlimited power He is able and willing to do "whatever we ask or think" but we have to have faith IN HIM, that He can.
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