Repent or Perish?

After looking at this satellite shot of the U.S., I am very thankful that in God's Providence Kansas is to the left of all that misery. I have even said (tongue and cheek) "Better them than me." This storm however affects us all.

Already though, the atheistic worldview which so many of us have been raised with, has begun to replace God's power over nature with man's ability to destroy or save the planet. Men are actually thinking we are the direct cause of this hurricane. Never mind that the earth and nature herself are so awesome, we cannot even begin to conceive of how small we really are.

In Romans chapter 1, Paul speaking by the Spirit says, "God's wrath is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness." We are constantly reminded by God that we are by nature creatures of wrath storing up for ourselves wrath against that Great Day of Wrath. Yet we ignore and remain ignorant of the power of God and His daily reminders that His mercy and grace will only last so long. There will be a day when this current world will pass away and the creation will be liberated from the curse.

Man is not his own savior. He needs desperately, the One who has power over heaven and earth. As Jesus said in Matthew 24, Heaven and Earth will pass away, but My Words will never pass away." It is to this One who has true power that we must turn to.

Jesus said in Luke 13:

Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. Jesus answered, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them—do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish."

Watch CNN's report of a video of a man losing his wife when his house splits in half.

What will you do today?