Snowpocalypse...again

 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways  my ways,” declares the LORD. – Isaiah 55:8

 Sometimes understanding God’s plans for us is like predicting the  weather.  Here in Colorado, we just had another spring snow storm.   Because the last storm had caught me completely off guard, I did  my research this time and planned ahead.  

 I recently signed up for weather emails from a local expert.  He  works for NOAA, The National Oceanic and Atmospheric  Administration, so he’s a pro.  When he sent the most recent  forecast, calling for the mountains where I live to get pounded with  2-4 feet of snow, I took the information as gospel, rather than a  prediction, and began battle plans.  The snow would start Friday  afternoon and continue through Sunday.  Because my daughters and  I had weekend commitments, we packed our bags and moved out of our mountain house and into a friend’s house in downtown Boulder.

We woke up Saturday morning expecting “snowpocalypse,” only to see that just a few inches had fallen.  How could the guy who knew so much about the weather have been so wrong?  Even Denver International Airport had cancelled hundreds of flights, only to see rain on the runways.  It’s mindboggling.  With advanced weather trackers and state of the art technology, how could the experts mess up? (He turned out to be right in the end, just off on the timing).

They mess up because they are not God.  The Bible reminds us, “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.”  This passage in Isaiah goes on to describe heaven pouring out rain and snow upon the earth to water and flourish the land.  Only God knows the exact timing, the total amount accumulating, when the storm will cease, and the sun will shine again.  Only God is in control of the weather.  

Let the weather around you be a reminder of God’s sovereignty.  He is still in control on this earth.  We may think we are but we’re only fooling ourselves.  When storms hit our lives, we can ask God to guide us through.  When we can’t see because of poor visibility, we can walk by faith not by sight.  When the sun finally dries up the land, we can rejoice that God is bringing spring with new life and new plans for us.  No matter the weather, it’s comforting to know, God is with us every day.   

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