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Job 37:14
14 Hearken ['azan] unto this, O Job ['Iyowb]: stand still [`amad], and consider [biyn] the wondrous [pala'] works of God ['el]. KJV-Interlinear
14 'Listen to this, O Job, Stand and consider the wonders of God. NASB
The weather, storms, disasters from the climate such as floods or famines, are common the world over. And as such, everyone who has ever lived on this planet, can have reality examples of Gods blessing and cursing.
But, in order to understand this principle, you have to sit back and ponder the many activities of nature in order to understand life.
Like our daily lives, the weather is continuous, fluid, and repetitive. Sometimes it continues in the same fashion for days and weeks. Sometimes there are storm exceptions. And always there are the four seasons which bring us back to reality each and every year of our life.
You can accept the weather as just the way it is, with no intent or purpose, or design. Or, you can accept the weather as an integral part of Gods plan for the overall period of human history, as well as the day to day expression and reminder of His will and purpose.
Listen to life, ponder life, and consider the realities of life. And, more important, do this in conjunction with your study of Gods Word. After all, your daily study is what ties all of the loose ends and questions of life, together for you.
As smart as God is, and as smart that man thinks that he, man, is, God has to show His wisdom and demonstrate life and truth, by means of the most elementary and fundamental things in life.
And yet people just do not seem to get it, because the simple seems, well, too simple.
Why can't life and spirituality be more complicated and intense, where man has to sacrifice or do something passionate or extreme?
And yet, life is dependent on Gods work, not mans ego. And thank goodness for that, because man could never agree on what it is exactly one has to do in order to advance in their spiritual life. Look at all of the religions and cults and philosophies that exist. Which should be the correct one?
But then all of them do have one thing in common - their rejection or indifference toward Christ.
And that makes them all, false.
No humming, no diet, no Allah, no philosophy, no belief apart from that in Christ, can help you in life. No other system of faith apart from Christianity, has power of any significance. In fact, they all possess absolutely no power, except that of deception and lies.
Life begins at birth and ends at death. Life here, is temporary. Now is the only time for you to learn its purposes. The weather is but one teaching tool.
