DOES GOD BRING STORMS INTO OUR LIVES?

Sometimes God does bring the storm.⁣

⁣Hear me out.⁣

⁣I used to believe that God never SENT bad things to happen, but He would USE bad things for his ultimate glory.⁣

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Then I started studying the book of Jonah last week.⁣

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And God did, indeed, send the storm.⁣

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When I think of storms, I’m often reminded of the New Testament account of Jesus calming the storm.

So a storm must equal bad. Right?⁣

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What has captured my heart in studying Jonah is that the storm God sent was an act of LOVE and MERCY.⁣

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(Any other church kids grow up thinking it was punishment???)⁣

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You see, Jonah had started down a path of self-destruction that could have eternal impacts.⁣

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Jonah was headed in the direction of spiritual death. The worst kind.⁣

⁣God could have let Jonah continue that way. After all, he was disobeying God.⁣

⁣BUT in God’s great love he pursued Jonah and sent the storm to redirect Jonah’s heart. ⁣

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God pursues us.⁣

God rescues us. ⁣

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This requires us to really grow in Holy Spirit discernment.⁣

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Is our current storm one where we need to call out to Jesus for protection?⁣

⁣Or is our current storm one where God is graciously trying to redirect our hearts?⁣

⁣Turns out not all storms are bad.⁣

⁣But they ALL will point to God’s sovereignty and love.⁣

⁣Have you read the book of Jonah? How has it changed your perspective on life’s storms?