As hurricane season is just around the corner, I am sure I will write at least one post this year about a hurricane. With my interest in weather, one of my many interests is in tracking hurricanes. During hurricane season, I set up my software to track each hurricane that goes across the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.
If you have watched the TV hurricane coverage over the past several years, you will know that the “storm surge” is probably the most dangerous part of a hurricane coming ashore. It is the storm surge that breaks down the piers, knocks the legs off of elevated homes, and destroys the buildings on the coast.
It is easy to become impressed by the power of these storms. It is also easy to become fearful of these storm, as well as many of other things in life.
Psalm 93 says, however;
1 The Lord reigns; he is robed in majesty;
the Lord is robed; he has put on strength as his belt.
Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved.
2 Your throne is established from of old;
you are from everlasting.
3 The floods have lifted up, O Lord,
the floods have lifted up their voice;
the floods lift up their roaring.
4 Mightier than the thunders of many waters,
mightier than the waves of the sea,
the Lord on high is mighty!
5 Your decrees are very trustworthy;
holiness befits your house,
O Lord, forevermore. (Ps 93, ESV)
In this Psalm, we see that more powerful is God, over even the storm surge. When the storms of life plow through our lives there is a God who is mightier than the strongest of waves!
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Photo from weather.gov from: “Extremely Powerful Hurricane Katrina Leaves a Historic Mark on the Northern Gulf Coast”
This post is a rewrite of a post title “Hurricane Surge” from February 2009.