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23…IN THE MIDST OF THE STORMS

Good morning! Oh what a difference a day can make! We’ve had lots of storms lately and the storms the other night were really intense. We had tornado warnings that were literally overlapping each other. But the next morning I woke up to birds singing as if the storms from the night before had not happened. The storms in our life can be just as wicked. Everything can be going smoothly, then something unexpected happens and it rocks our world. We begin to pray about the situation, crying out to God to return our life back to peaceful mornings where birds are singing and there’s nothing but blue skies. When that happens, we rejoice in the Lord.

But what happens when the Lord allows those storms in our life to continue despite all our prayers? We might question Him as to why this storm has to continue. I used to think that questioning the Lord was something that would bring lightning strikes down on my life. But now I understand that it’s ok to question God because questioning Him is simply asking Him for more information on the situation so I can better understand what He’s doing or see it better from His perspective.

God understands our questions but doubting Him is completely another story. When we doubt God we are saying that He isn’t capable of handling the situation. We believe in how we see the situation more than the promises God has given us. And when we begin relying on how we see things, the storms can spin us out of control. James 1:6 says it this way. “But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind.” So this morning I pray that whenever storms arise, we’d take them confidently to the Lord, for that’s how we can still hear the birds singing even in the midst of the storm.

Lord, help us bring our storms to You and have the confidence You will handle them for us. Amen.