Go Ahead, Marvel At the Rainmaker

 

 

Eliphaz knows a lot about God and he continues sharing that knowledge with his hapless friend Job in Job 5:10. He says, “He (God) gives rain on the earth, And sends waters on the fields.

God waters the earth. Have you ever considered that fact? Whether it’s rain, snow, or sleet, God has the last say on where that low pressure system or high-pressure system is moving. He determines droughts and He determines floods. hurricanes and blizzards are at His bidding.

This is not just wishful thinking on the part of Eliphaz. We find God the Rainmaker in other parts of Scripture as well.

Ps 65:9 You visit the earth and water it, You greatly enrich it; The river of God is full of water; You provide their grain, For so You have prepared it.  10 You water its ridges abundantly, You settle its furrows; You make it soft with showers, You bless its growth.

 Ps 147:8 Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who prepares rain for the earth, Who makes grass to grow on the mountains.

 Jer 5:24 They do not say in their heart, "Let us now fear the LORD our God, Who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season. He reserves for us the appointed weeks of the harvest."

 Jer 10:13 When He utters His voice, There is a multitude of waters in the heavens: "And He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain, He brings the wind out of His treasuries."

 Ac 14:17 "Nevertheless He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good, gave us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness."

 

In water is life, and God is behind it all. Though we have great science behind our weather predictions, and we should thank God for such knowledge, the truth is the weatherman isn’t always accurate with his forecasts. God, can turn the weather on a dime, and when He does, instead of bad-mouthing the weatherman, why don’t we pause and marvel at the God of Creation like the disciples did at their sudden change in the weather:  

Mt 8:26 But He said to them, "Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?" Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.  27 So the men marveled, saying, "Who can this be, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?"