and overturns them in his anger.
He shakes the earth from it's place
and makes its pillars tremble....
God does not restrain His anger.
~Job 9:5-6, 13a
Today Chile was hit by an 8.8 earthquake. A month ago Haiti was hit by a 7.8 earthquake. Four and a half years ago New Orleans, Louisiana was hit by a category 3 hurricane. All three have taken lives, and left devastation in their wake. I've heard people asking where God is. Why did he leave when New Orleans, Haiti, and now Chile, needed him most? What is God doing while we're down here trying to sort everything out?
I believe that these natural disasters are not God letting us fend for ourselves, but him intervening. I do not know God's ulterior motives, nor will I ever know, but I firmly trust that God knows what he is doing and has not left these places through the current turmoil.
Please do not falsely interpret my words. I am not trying to seem uncompassionate or indifferent in anyway. My heart cries out for those who are in the midst of all this pandemonium, turbulence, and great suffering. I pray that God will give all these people comfort in this time of distress.
My God is a loving God. In fact, He IS love. However, He is also a jealous God (Exodus 34:14), and does not hold back His anger. If He has a problem with something that is going on, He will not bite his tongue and stand by and watch. He will, and has, take action. When has He ever done that, you ask? He took action when he flooded the entire earth. He took action when he rained burning sulfur down on Sodom and Gomorrah.
God has a plan. I don't recommend trying to figure out His plan; you might hurt yourself. However, I do recommend trusting in His plan. No matter how doubtful we may be, His plan will always always always work.
Photo #9: Intervention, not abandonment. Catastrophe at its finest. (This is obviously not my picture. Taken from united-ri.com)
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