The LORD controls all things. Do you believe that? Sometimes it’s hard. Our city—Tulsa, OK—was recently hit by severe thunderstorms with 100+ mph winds. Five days later, 100,000 people still don’t have electricity. Life has been messed up. It’s hot. Are you saying that God is in control of this?
Yes. Here’s what God says: “I form the light and create darkness, I bring prosperity and create disaster; I, the LORD, do all these things” (Isaiah 45:7). Every blessing and prosperity in your life is a gift from God. And so is every disaster and trial and challenge. “I, the LORD, do all these things.”
Why? I don’t know. You often don’t know either. We’re not God. We can’t see the big picture from eternity to eternity. We can’t see the spiritual struggles happening behind the scenes. We can’t yet see the end of the story. But God can. God knows. That’s enough. If God knows, that’s enough.
Because we know who the LORD is. He’s the God who was willing to send his own Son Jesus to die for our sins and win for us eternal life. He’s the God who loves us even when we don’t deserve it. The cross proves that the LORD is full of compassion and grace. There’s no doubt about it. He loves us.
So in the light and in the darkness, we find comfort in this: The LORD does all these things. In prosperity and disaster, we find strength in this: The LORD does all these things. When our eyes tell us a different story, our faith believes in God’s certain promises. Even in disaster, the good LORD does all these things.
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