Weather of Biblical Proportions

When one brings up Weather of Biblical proportions, what is the first thing that comes to mind?  Disaster.  We immediately think about huge floods, earthquakes, volcanoes, tornadoes, hurricanes, and such things.  We immediately begin thinking in terms of God’s judgment upon mankind for whatever wrongs man has done.  While certainly there is some truth to that, it is certainly not the whole story, or really even a majority of the story.

 
Let me ask you, who was it that created weather?  God, of course.  After 6 days of creation. God declared it all good.  This included the weather.  God had created the perfect environment for his creations to flourish in.  The temperatures were just right; the atmosphere, just right, the moisture, just right; everything was perfect.  So, what happened?  Why isn’t the weather always perfect today?

The fall of man, that is what happened.  When Adam and Eve sinned, the environment changed.  New kinds of plants were introduced and a change in relationship between man and beast occurred.  The soil no longer brought forth its fruit abundantly, but man had to work at it.  This would also indicate that the weather had changed slightly.  The moisture was not quite so perfect, the temperatures not quite so perfect.  It was still pretty good, but it had lost perfection along with man.

Over time, mankind became more and more corrupt.  His desires were no longer for the Lord.  The stench of this corruption rose up to the Lord, and the Lord decided to make some changes.  We must thank him daily that he changed his mind about destroying it all permanently, and saved Noah and his family to begin anew.  We know the story of the flood, but the side story was the major renovation of the weather.  God created what we now know today as the weather cycle.

This new weather system was really in line with where mankind was spiritually.  What was once a perfect weather environment now became a far less than perfect weather environment, but still perfectly capable of sustaining life…. most of the time.  It was also full of a lot of pitfalls and destructiveness as well; very much like our own natures.  The fickleness of this new weather regime would be used to drive our history and destinies.

The history of mankind since the days of Noah have been filled with weather driven activites.  Famines and drought have oft been the causes of great wars and/or migrations of people.   Cold has driven people into searches for new lands as well.  Victories and defeats of armies have been determined by what the weather was like.  Despite all the tumult and chaos associated with weather, we have many, many, days of beautiful weather.  

 
While we blame God for all of the disasters wrought by weather and look for signs of His return based on outrageous weather, but, do we ever really thank him for all of the wonderful and beautiful days that we do have? Do we thank him that He has kept weather in check enough that His creation can be sustained and we can enjoy it?  The true weather of Biblical proportions is that He has kept the weather in such a way that His creation can still thrive and survive, and be blessed.