IT’S A SNOW EMERGENCY!

For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven…so will My word be which goes forth from My mouth.

Isaiah 55:10a, 11a

I often wonder why God allows it to snow on Sunday making it hard for His people to meet together.   On one of those occasions God helped me formulate a snow emergency message from a paper I wrote years ago at Grace Seminary.  What does snow teach us about God?

Snow reminds us of God’s infinite POWER.  He alone is in charge of the weather.  “For to the snow He says, ‘Fall on the earth!’ (Job 37:6) and guess what, it does!   Oh, that we would obey God as quickly and joyfully as the snow!  Also consider the way God uses the snow to stop us in our tracks with all our knowledge and technology, reminding us that He is in control (Job 38:22).  Next the snow reminds us of God’s total PRAISE-WORTHINESS.  Psalm 148:8 states that the snow draws glory and praise to God.  The snow also reminds us of God’s wise PURPOSES and PLANS.  How often do we tell God that He should stop it from raining or snowing because we have had enough?  Isaiah 55:10-11 tells us that all rain and snow is sent by God with a distinct purpose.  Finally, the snow reminds us of God’s thorough PURIFYING of our sin.  No man-made cleaning product is available to cleanse our sinful hearts.  God informs us that even though “your sins are as scarlet, they will be as white as snow” (Isaiah 1:18).  In David’s prayer of confession following his adultery with Bathsheba and subsequent murder of her husband, Uriah, David pleads with God “Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow” (Psalm 51:7b). 

Snow - look to God with thanks remembering what He says about His snow.

Bob Kulp