The Lord controls all things. Do you believe that? Sometimes it’s hard. My city was hit this past summer by severe thunderstorms with 100+ mph winds. Days later, thousands of people still didn’t have electricity. Life was messed up. It was hot. Are you saying that God was in control of that?

Yes! Here’s what God says: “I form the light and create darkness, I bring prosperity and create disaster; I, the Lord, do all these things” (Isaiah 45:7). Every blessing in life is a gift from God. And so is every disaster. “I, the Lord, do all these things.”

Why? We often don’t understand. We’re not God. We can’t see the big picture. We can’t see the spiritual struggles happening behind the scenes. But God can. God knows. That’s enough. If God knows, that’s enough.

Because we know who the Lord is. He’s the God who sent his own Son, Jesus, to die for our sins and win for us eternal life. He’s the God who loves us even when we don’t deserve it. The cross proves that the Lord is full of compassion and grace.

So in the light and in the darkness, we find comfort in this: The Lord does all these things. In prosperity and disaster, we find strength in this: The Lord does all these things. When our eyes tell us a different story, our faith believes in God’s promises. Even in disaster, the Lord does all these things.