The news media has dropped Gustav like a hot potato this morning now that hurricane Hanna and Ike are gaining strength. But yesterday’s news coverage in New Orleans got my attention. Some bar owner who decided to ‘tough out the storm’ commented that the next time New Orleans Mayor, Ray Nagin, tells everyone to GET OUT, he would be ignored. Sorry, but that is just ignorance gone to the seed and often exactly what the news media likes to report.
When Gustav headed toward our coastline over those warm gulf waters, it is no accident that the reports came in that it could become a category 5 before it hit land. So, why did it Gustav back down to a category 3? Why did the levees hold up? How about giving credit where credit is due? The praying saints of a Mighty God!
As I was recording a Rich Thoughts phone message Saturday morning, my spirit was stirred about Hurricane Gustav so I add a paragraph asking everyone to pray for those states along the Gulf Coast.
On Sunday morning, my wife, Bev, and I attended The Wisdom Center where our dear friend Dr. Mike Murdock is the pastor. As he was ministering, I felt the Spirit of the Lord tell me that Gustav would gain strength not because of the warm waters of the Caribbean but the fear of believers.
Bev said she felt the Lord remind her of the Word that “even the winds and the seas obey Him” (Matthew 8:27). And that we are called to do the works of our Lord. If God was speaking to us, we knew He was reaching across this entire country looking for other believers who would defeat fear and boldly stand in the gap .
Just before our Sunday night church service at Triumphant Life Church (TLC), I heard that Gustav was predicted to get weaker instead of stronger. That’s certainly not the norm for such warm gulf waters.
Gustav has now been downgraded to a Tropical Storm. I’m not minimizing the damage of Gustav or the loss of life and property associated with this storm, but I am saying that the “storm of the century” as it was labeled by the Mayor of New Orleans did not leave up to its billing although it certainly could have.
And the reason is not some meteorological phenomenon … but the prayers of the saints. I’ve heard talk about the levees holding, the orderly evacuation and how New Orleans dodged a bullet but …I’ve not heard credit being given where it’s deserved. . to our God!
I think it’s important for believers to understand that fear can fuel disaster. God showed me the results could have been much more devastating but when we do what the Lord God says, we can make things happen and circumstances will change.
Harold Herring is President of the Debt Free Army, an organization he co-founded with Brother John Avanzini. Harold is also the new President of Millionaire University.
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