Drought vs. Flooding
 
Dry weather: Ball players love it; gardeners and farmers detest it. Rainy weather flip-flops the attitudes. The same weather for both- two opposite reactions.
The weather news of late has emphasized the very dry condition of the Southeast and excessive rains of the Southwest. Every day many people are saying, “We need rain.” On the other hand, much of the Southwest already has, and is getting too much rain! People in those areas are saying, “We need for this rain to stop!”
Yesterday, my grass cutting was more like creating a dust storm. Crooked, winding cracks in the earth stirred up thoughts more like the month of August. It is just May! What in the world is going on?
Activists are not without theories of why this is happening. Try as they might to make their explanations they aren’t going to satisfy the masses. Confusion from all the varying “causes” of the drought and floods only adds to the worry of many. As troubling as the extremes of drought and flooding are, I am reminded of extremes of a spiritual nature.
There are human beings experiencing two extremes in their spiritual lives. Some of us are going through “downpours” of excessive immorality and disregard for God’s design for living. Others are crumbling in a “parched” propensity of worry and hopelessness. What does God say?
"Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope is the Lord. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit” Jeremiah 17:8, 9.
Jesus said; "Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? Matthew 6:25 NKJV
God is still in control. We either trust Him, or we murmur against Him.
And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Joshua 24:15
Make a pleasant day,
Mike
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