God's Involvement in Weather Disturbances (Episode 115)

Have you ever thought about God’s possible involvement in weather disturbances such as hurricanes and tornadoes? These can be deadly. For instance, over 200 people died from Hurricane Helene this year. Do you wonder what God may be saying through these horrific events? In this episode, Evangelist Frank King addresses this subject.

Generally speaking, weather disturbances are natural occurrences. They come about when air and warm water interact, and the wet air above the water rises. This leaves an area of lower air pressure above the ocean’s surface which is quickly filled by air in the surrounding areas.

It’s interesting that the airline industry often refers to bad weather resulting in flight cancellations or delays as acts of God. This they do because they think that gets them off the hook for compensating angry customers for the flight delays. But, again, these dangerous weather disturbances are natural occurrences.

But God CAN send storms and hurricanes and other weather disturbances as well. Such a declaration goes against the grain of some people’s beliefs. God is a loving God they say. He would never send deadly and destructive storms and hurricanes.

But in Psalm 107, the psalmist speaks of a storm commanded by God. “For He spoke and raised up a stormy wind, which lifted up the waves of the sea,” the psalmist writes (Psalm 107:25, NASB).

Regarding those caught in the storm, “Their soul melted away in their misery” (verse 26). Moreover, “They reeled and staggered like a drunken man, and were at their wits’ end” (verse 27). Clearly, the storm the psalmist attributes to God was life-threatening.

Even though the psalmist says God sent the storm, when the men prayed to God, He calmed the storm. “They cried to the Lord in their trouble….”He caused the storm to be still, so that the waves of the sea were hushed” (verses 28-29).