We have a confession that we make regularly at The Spoken Word Church. It is this:
"Anything GOOD, give God the praise, thanksgiving and worship! Anything BAD, DON'T BLAME GOD!"
So many times people in the world call everything that happens in nature 'acts of God'. If they are not GOOD, then they are not GOD! A real clue for you is found in John 10:10:
10 The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows).
If what you are witnessing in nature is bringing life and blessing to people, then thank the One, True, Most High, Living, Almighty God of the Bible for it! If what you are witnessing is bringing death, destruction, hardship and injury, then KNOW FOR CERTAIN that this is the work of darkness and NOT of God! AMEN! We see this in Psalm 65 in our Spoken Word Bible Reading Plan for today:
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. A song.
1 To You belongs silence (the submissive wonder of reverence which bursts forth into praise) and praise is due and fitting to You, O God, in Zion; and to You shall the vow be performed. 2 O You Who hear prayer, to You shall all flesh come. 3 Iniquities and much varied guilt prevail against me; [yet] as for our transgressions, You forgive and purge them away! 4 Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man whom You choose and cause to come near, that he may dwell in Your courts! We shall be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, Your holy temple. 5 By fearful and glorious things [that terrify the wicked but make the godly sing praises] do You answer us in righteousness (rightness and justice), O God of our salvation, You Who are the confidence and hope of all the ends of the earth and of those far off on the seas; 6 Who by [Your] might have founded the mountains, being girded with power, 7 Who still the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the tumult of the peoples, 8 So that those who dwell in earth’s farthest parts are afraid of signs of Your presence. You make the places where morning and evening have birth to shout for joy. 9 You visit the earth and saturate it with water; You greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; You provide them with grain when You have so prepared the earth. 10 You water the field’s furrows abundantly, You settle the ridges of it; You make the soil soft with showers, blessing the sprouting of its vegetation. 11 You crown the year with Your bounty and goodness, and the tracks of Your [chariot wheels] drip with fatness. 12 The [luxuriant] pastures in the uncultivated country drip [with moisture], and the hills gird themselves with joy. 13 The meadows are clothed with flocks, the valleys also are covered with grain; they shout for joy and sing together.
Do you see what GOD does? When you know the Word of God, it is pretty hard for the enemy to get you to believe his lies! Thank Him today for His Word, which IS His will! Now sing for joy for the good things and listen to Holy Spirit for the way OUT of every bad thing! AMEN! Here is Hillsong with "You Crown The Year":
Shalom in Him!
