Who is responsible for the storm?

Let me ask you a question at this moment. 

What do you think is responsible for the storms you may have faced in the past, or may be facing right now? 

Your answer to this question says a lot about your attitude while the storm rages on

Who is responsible for the storm?

Is it your enemy?

Is it some unseen or faceless diabolical entity determined to ensure you and your loved ones suffer?

Or is it the Almighty God, Creator of everything in existence?

If your thoughts lead you to the first option (your enemy), it is then understandable if you were to constantly pray to God asking him to calm the storm and reverse the enemy's attacks

If, on the other hand, your thoughts settle on the Almighty as the origin of the storm, the entire equation changes.

Why (you may ask)?

With all that we know about God (who God himself says he is, and all that has been written about him in myriads of texts), then we know the following:

1. God is good

2. His thoughts towards us are of good and peace 

3. God loves us (He loved us even before he created us)

3. Nothing can separate us from God's love

Etc

To continue our train of thought, if we attribute the storm to God's doing, and since we know God is working for our good, it must also follow that the storm is also for our good! 

Sound confusing or perplexing? 

Don't let it be. God's ways are not our ways, and neither are his thoughts ours. His thoughts are higher than ours. He has far reaching sight and his plan for us is supreme

Once we realize that the sovereign Creator is the authority behind our storm, it clears the air, and gives us the resolve to weather it. We can even emulate Jesus and drift off to sleep in the boat while the storm rages!