Hurrican Sandy

A historic storm is bearing down on the east coast. Many forecasters are
claiming
that the impending weather phenomenon poised to hit the Mid-Atlantic and
northeast,
called a nor'easter, is the largest in history. Coupled with that is the
surging,
strong category one hurricane, Sandy. The two will clash together in a
super storm
being called "Frankenstorm"--due to its proximity in time to October 31st.
It will
bring hurricane-force winds, storm surges, blizzards, tornadoes, possible
tidal
waves, and more. The dramatic nature of this event was expressed this way
by Stu
Ostro, meteorologist for the Weather Channel: ""History is being written as
an extreme
weather event continues to unfold, one which will occupy a place in the
annals of
weather history as one of the most extraordinary to have affected the United
States"
(Doyle Rice, USA Today online, 10-29-12).

Events like this give perspective to who we are in contrast to the living
God!
We are small, dependent, and relatively fragile, as events like this prove.
Arrogance
and defiance are exchanged for humility and dependency.

The Christian's confidence is in Christ, who proved Himself the Master of
winds
and waves (Mat. 8:26-27). As the One who created everything that was made,
including
the elements of nature (Col. 1:16), His power exceeds anything that it can
demonstrate.
As tens of millions face power outages, as property damages will be in the
multi-billions
of dollars, and as lives will be endangered by the unprecedented storm, this
fact
becomes more incredible and reassuring. When the storms of life rage, He is
our
shelter. If the physical storms threaten, we can rest in His eternal
protection.

When that great event comes that ends it all (2 Pet. 3:10), we can be safe
from
eternal harm! The Master of the winds and the waves mastered a problem
even bigger
than Sandy. He mastered the sin problem. If we make Him our Master, we
need fear
nothing this life may throw at us.

Please pray for the millions of people threatened by this storm, including a
great
many of our brothers and sisters in Christ.


Neal Pollard