The Bible says that faith is the evidence of unseen things (Hebrews 11:1), and that God himself is invisible (1 Timothy 1:17). The result of this is that many times when we pray, we will not see how God is working...
But I left work one sunny and hot day for the 10 minute walk to go home. No dark clouds could be seen, but I was hearing thunder coming from the west. All along my short walk home, it grew louder, and dark clouds had not yet moved in.
I didn't remember “seeing” anything like this before, hearing loud thunder without seeing the storm. So I thought this might mean it was a strong and dangerous storm. I prayed protection for us and our home...
When the storm overtook us, we had about 40 minutes of very good rain, something to praise God for because we need rain! Yet nothing damaging or unusually strong hit our neighborhood.
Many times our senses might think that there was nothing to be concerned for, the storm wasn't bad after all. But God had answered prayer, and let us know it.
The strong storm made headlines in our county. The damage was estimated at over 2 million U.S. Dollars! One woman was electrocuted from fallen wires in her own yard. My wife had a young woman from her workplace say that a tree had fallen on her house! Another man she worked with said more than 100 trees had fallen on his property. (exact tree numbers not known)
1 Peter 5:7 tells us to cast all our cares upon God, because He cares for us. We won't trust in a weather forecast, or the sight of our eyes, or have confidence in men's construction, like those things can save or protect us.
Why trust the weather forecaster, when you can put trust in the Living God, who created the weather in the first place? Plead your cause to the unseen God who has all things in His hand. “Commit your way to the Lord, also trust in Him, and He shall bring it to pass.” Psalm 37:5
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