Early one
morning the wind began to blow and raindrops hit my house like small stones. I
peered outside at the yellow-gray sky and watched as trees thrashed in the
wind. Veins of lightning lit the sky accompanied by bone-rattling thunder. The
power blinked on and off, and I wondered how long the bad weather would
continue.
After the
storm passed, I opened my Bible to begin my day with reading Scripture. I read
a passage in Job that compared the Lord’s power to the atmospheric muscle of a
storm. Job’s friend, Elihu said, “God thunders marvelously with His voice”
(37:5). And, “He covers His hands with lightning, and commands it to strike”
(36:32). Indeed, God is “excellent in power” (37:23).
Compared
to God, we humans are feeble. We’re unable to help ourselves spiritually, heal
our hearts, or fix the injustice we often endure. Fortunately, the God of the
storm cares about weaklings like us; He “remembers that we are dust” (Ps.
103:14). What’s more, God “gives power to the weak, and to those who have no
might He increases strength” (Isa. 40:29). Because God is strong, He can help
us in our weakness.
God is
the source of our strength. (RBC)
