Allahu Akbar and 9.0

Never in my lifetime did I expect to see my country so vulnerable. Irresponsible leadership has brought our economy to its knees. Our country is in two wars, a third is in the winds. And we are a house divided. 

What is going on? 

There is rioting in the streets of France, Greece and Great Britain. Governments in the middle east are dropping like flies, and the Muslim Brotherhood is setting up camp all around Israel. 1 million Haitians made homeless and starving by a catastrophic 7.0 earthquake. Japan has been decimated by a 9.0 quake, the strongest to hit her in a thousand years. A tsunami followed, triggering a massive power grid failure, which now threatens a nuclear meltdown.

Where is God in all of this?

Jesus said in Matthew 24:6-8: "You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains."

He is speaking to us through revelation, and teaching through suffering. When we are at our lowest, most helpless, we become most teachable. Notice that Jesus said "but see to it that you are not alarmed."

2 Chronicles 7:14 says, "if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land." 

And in Revelation 21:4, John said, "He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”

God is here with outstretched arms. And to those who have accepted His grace, they can expect to receive His promise.

Seeking and Following,

Dean

You go nowhere by accident. Wherever you go, God is sending you, wherever you are, God has put you there; He has a purpose in your being there. Christ who dwells within you has something He wants to do through you wherever you are. Believe this and go in His grace and love and power.