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The Action Report The Song in the Storms By Frank Eiklor The storm hit with surprising speed.
Thunder, lightning and then heavy rain. The Christian man hiking the trail wished he had stayed in his RV. Then he saw it—something that changed his life. Up on the mountain—in a cleft in the rock—was a bird sitting on her nest while singing merrily away, dry and unafraid of the storm now raging all around.
That man learned the lesson that Jesus wants to teach you and me.
He is Lord of the storms and, like that little bird, He has in the cleft of the Rock—Himself. Nations are toppling. Wars are raging. Babies are aborted as "just fetuses." Man and wife—marriage—is redefined by little judges in long robes. Terror flexes its muscles while righteousness appears to be losing.
But wait! Why be surprised or afraid?
Christ guaranteed rough days and persecution for His followers. Paul called them "perilous times." But always—always!—there are fearful people listening for a song of hope. Like 14 year old Leonardo who showed up with his father to work at my home, studied my life and felt God's love, and opened his heart to Christ. And 86 year old Jeanie whom we met in California before she returned to Pennsylvnia. Jeanie called to wish Norma and me a happy anniversary and heard God's call of forgiveness, hope and eternal life. She prayed to receive the Lord Jesus—right over the phone!
On and on it goes. Multiply this many times in the lives of our spiritual children all around the world. I teach them, "Don't be afraid. Be alert! This is not the time for the shudders. It's time for the song."
We've a story to tell to the nations, and sin's darkness is no match for God's light!
Thanks for your help!
Frank Related Articles · More Articles Jesus said many would come in His name and deceive the hearts of the simple, sinful and proud. Eastern mysticism and meditation is a big thing in the gullible West. And one day a “world leader” will appear on the scene with the persuasion of a god and the heart of a devil. Jesus warns His children to know the Scriptures, live in obedience to the Father’s will, and stay alert to the signs of the times. They laugh no more. Now God’s description of how He will destroy the old earth and create a
new one makes perfect sense. The splitting of the atom turned many skeptics into believers.
After all, look what man himself is capable of doing with the atom and hydrogen bombs. Now
the fear is that nuclear weapons are being placed in the hands of madmen who wish to annihilate
their enemies. God has blessed man with incredible genius. We stand in awe as we watch men and women in a room full of computers and high-tech instruments guiding and landing spacecraft on distant planets. At that moment, we appear invincible. But then a mammoth tornado comes—or a terrifying hurricane—or rains that flood whole regions and never listen to our shouts to “Stop!”—or the shake that removes from under our feet any confidence or pride we carry, and leaves us numb with hardly enough breath to even utter the paralyzing word “EARTHQUAKE!”. And man is helpless in the face of it all! |
