GOD’S ANSWER TO GLOBAL WARMING!

GOD’S ANSWER TO GLOBAL WARMING!

Gen 8:20-22

20 And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord ; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

21 And the Lord  smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord  said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

          God produced a catastrophic event which we now call The Flood killing everyone and everything except some representative creatures that were drawn to the ark. When the ark came to rest on Mount Ararat, God put a rainbow in the sky which was a visible reminder of His promise. “Seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.” Now we are told that Noah may actually have trumped God and His promise!

          Here in North Texas, Autumn usually means a less severe form of summer but this morning was refreshingly cool and this afternoon’s temperatures will be pleasant. Trees and plant life respond to some signal from the Almighty and begin their winter dormancy. Whether it is the angle of the rising and setting sun or the coolness of the morning, trees know that a change is coming and they slowly don their Autumn finery. They are still on board with God’s promise.

          Harvest time is a wonderful time of the year and is celebrated by nearly every culture. There is time to slow down and reflect upon the goodness and faithfulness of God and to offer thanksgiving for Summer’s produce. Each season has its purpose and its beauty. We welcome the stubbornness of Autumn as it ignores the warning that the globe is warming. We celebrate the stubbornness of the polar ice cap which continues to sprawl in defiance of science. Nature prefers to smile at the white coated scientists and respond to God.

“All creation preaches a constant sermon, day after day, season after season, that assures us of God's loving care. We can trust His Word, for "there has not failed one word of all His good promise" (1 Kings 8:56).” Warren W. Wiersbe

Dear Lord, we thank you for the refreshment of seasonal change and for the promises that you faithfully keep. Amen