Does God Have Anything to Do with all this Snow?

Wow, whats with all this snow? My son told me today that he has never seen snow like this in his lifetime and no doubt he hasn't. When I was his age in 1978, winters like this were the norm. It seemed like every year we had a major blizzard that was labeled as the "Blizzard of '78' or whatever year the blizzard hit. But in the last twenty-five years the winters have been mild for some reason.

Some have suggested that God may be trying to send a message to the global warming crowd with all the snow and cold we've been having, especially in Washington D.C. Recently, in the President's State of the Union message, our President and many of those in attendance scoffed at the notion that there were still some people in America that did not believe in global warming. Does God really have a say in the global warming debate? Would God actually try to make a point or bring about his will through extreme weather?

Well, the answer is absolutely. You only have to look at the Old and New Testament for evidence. See Noah's flood; see God sending an east wind of locusts in Exodus 10; see Job's disaster; see the Lord raining down hailstones in Joshua 10; see Jesus' rebuking the winds; God sending famine in Ezekiel and Jeremiah; see God sending snow, frost, and cold in Psalm 78:47, and Job 37:6. Believe me, I could go on and on. The bible is full of examples of God sending all kinds of weather for his own purposes.

But even more pointed than that, God absolutely has a problem with the wicked and the foolish who think that they are smarter than His word. I am speaking of those who ignore his counsel and who become proud in their own knowledge. Read below about how God reacts to such people.

Prov 1:22-27
22 'How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity?
For scorners delight in their scorning,
And fools hate knowledge.
23 Turn at my rebuke;
Surely I will pour out my spirit on you;
I will make my words known to you.
24 Because I have called and you refused,
I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded,
25 Because you disdained all my counsel,
And would have none of my rebuke,
26 I also will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when your terror comes,
27 When your terror comes like a storm,
And your destruction comes like a whirlwind,
When distress and anguish come upon you.
28 "Then they will call on me, but I will not answer;
They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me.
29 Because they hated knowledge
And did not choose the fear of the Lord,
30 They would have none of my counsel
And despised my every rebuke.
31 Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way,
And be filled to the full with their own fancies.
32 For the turning away of the simple will slay them,
And the complacency of fools will destroy them;
33 But whoever listens to me will dwell safely,
And will be secure, without fear of evil." NKJV

Does God have anything to do with all this snow? Personally, I really don't know. But its obvious according to his word he controls the weather and he can use it if he wants to make those who think their wise look and sound foolish...and the global warming crowd seems to be sounding rather foolish these days.

-Pastor

-Pastor