Unexpected Storms

If it weren't for the pictures, I still would be in disbelief. In the middle of a fairly normal December, South Louisiana was suddenly covered with snow. It isn't that I am among the many who get excited at the thought of the slightest snow flurry, but it is the fact that at the end of an airy, damp week out of nowhere arrives this season's snow storm.

The weather forecasters were preparing their viewing audiences for a sudden snow storm. In the broadcast, they stated that we didn't need rain, nor did we need the temperature to drop below freezing. We only needed the conditions to be right in order to get a snow storm. I started thinking about the magnitude of this forecast in our lives. What does it mean to have the right conditions for an unusual storm?

Things can be seemingly normal, life can be going well, or it could be the end of a season and out of nowhere an unexpected storm may arise. It may seem unusual that when you are doing well, praying and serving God with a pure heart, and obeying the scripture to the letter, the conditions may be just right for an unusual storm. These unexpected storms are allowed into our realms to shake up the atmosphere. They are not permitted to destroy you or to even disable you; they are under the watchful eye of God who knows the beginning and the end. Perhaps God has hand selected you, His beloved child, to encounter an unexpected storm.

The funny thing about this temporary condition is that it is powerless. It came in with a force and a measure of strength, but the storm did not have staying power. As quickly as it came in, the sun came out and sent that snow creeping back beneath the earth. Hallelujah! The storm that the enemy is huffing and puffing your way is powerless; it doesn't have staying power. It may come in feeling like a surge, but as soon as you look to the Son, Jesus, you will see the enemy defeated and that storm will disappear from your life!

Rejoice, and again I say rejoice! For there is no storm that can sustain the power of the Son, Jesus Christ. So as you face these temporary conditions began to declare the word of God over your family, your situation, and your territory because we serve a mighty God and He has all power over heaven and earth in His hands!

Be Blessed!