who controls the weather

Psalm 89:9“You rule over the surging sea; when its waves mount up, you still them.”
Psalm 135:7“He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth; he sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses.”
Does God Rule the Weather?
Do you ever watch the news and get worried about all the earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, famines, and volcanoes? Do you wonder what you’d do if you and your parents were driving along and you saw a giant tornado trailing behind you? Do you ever wonder what you’d do if you got caught on a boat out on the ocean and a hurricane blew in? Sometimes the weather can seem extremely scary and out of control. Sometimes it may even seem as though the weather has a mind of its own and that nothing controls it.
The news cannot change the weather, for the it is a force of nature. Humans cannot change the weather either. We can try and prepare for it by making our buildings stronger. We can use radar to detect weather patterns, and we can escape into basements. But, the weather is out of our control. The only person that can control the forces of nature is God.
God created the forces of nature. God created the weather. He made the land as well as the wind that blows the seas. He made the lava that flows underground and erupts from volcanoes. He controls the water that devastates the land in floods.
Some of our favorite Bible stories involve God’s control of the weather. It was God who hurled a great wind and storm on the sea when Jonah disobeyed him and boarded a ship headed to Tarshish. And, it was God who also calmed the seas when the sailors tossed Jonah into the ocean. Although Joseph interpreted Pharaoh’s dream, it was God who caused the famine for seven years in Egypt. When Joshua went up against the Amorites, it was God who stopped the sun in the middle of the sky for an entire day and caused the moon to stop.
These stories can offer us great hope and comfort whenever stormy weather approaches. If God can stop the sun and calm the waters, and if God is this powerful and this awesome, you can rest assured that nothing can happen to you unless he allows it. You can trust that no weather, no tornado, no volcano, no hurricane, no earthquake, NO ANYTHING can touch you or harm you unless he allows it. You are not a Force of Nature. You are his precious child that he died for before the foundation of the world. He loves you more than anything.
Today’s Prayer:
Dear Father, help me to trust you with my life. Help me not to be scared when I travel. Help to believe that you are with me wherever I go. Help me to realize that if you can calm a Tsunami, you can protect me from absolutely anything I might encounter in my life. In short, God, help me to understand that you hold me in the palm of your hand. Amen.
Written by Anne Parker, Flagstaff Arizona