Jennifer Lawrence blamed Mother Nature and Donald Trump for Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.
Kirk Cameron, actor and producer, said the hurricanes are “a spectacular display of God’s immense power . . . When he puts his power on display, it’s never without reason. There’s a purpose. And we may not always understand what that purpose is, but we know it’s not random and we know that weather is sent to cause us to respond to God in humility, awe and repentance,”
Wow!
Kirk shows wisdom and insight rare to modern Americans.
God uses evil to motivate men to leave their sins and to seek higher ground.
Amos 3:6 If a trumpet is blown in a city will not the people tremble? If a calamity occurs in a city has not the LORD done it?
God uses calamities to call men to repentance. A hundred and fifth years ago, when catastrophes hit, Christian men searched their souls to find new areas where they needed to repent and renew their devotion to their Creator.
The sad element in all these destructive storms, however, is the hardness of man’s heart.
Revelation 9:20-21 “And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.”
God “works all things after the counsel of his will” (Ephesians 1:11) . . . even hurricanes, floods, and tornadoes.
John Piper wrote, “This ‘all things’ includes the fall of sparrows (Matthew 10:29), the rolling of dice (Proverbs 16:33), the slaughter of his people (Psalm 44:11), the decisions of kings (Proverbs 21:1), the failing of sight (Exodus 4:11), the sickness of children (2 Samuel 12:15), the loss and gain of money (1 Samuel 2:7), the suffering of saints (1 Peter 4:19), the completion of travel plans (James 4:15), the persecution of Christians (Hebrews 12:4-7), the repentance of souls (2 Timothy 2:25), the gift of faith (Philippians 1:29), the pursuit of holiness (Philippians 3:12-13), the growth of believers (Hebrews 6:3), the giving of life and the taking in death (1 Samuel 2:6), and the crucifixion of his Son (Acts 4:27-28).
Yes, Kirk Cameron is correct and men would do well to adopt his perspective rather than the pagan view of Jennifer Lawrence.
Storm Brooks
Posted 9/8/3017
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