When disaster is avoided, we nod our heads and say, “It’s a God thing!” But what about the rest of the time?
Joel has a lot on his plate: hungry locusts, deadly drought, rain, a miraculously full harvest, and overflowing wine casks. And we have our modern-day equivalents: dramatic rescues, the sudden loss of a job, miraculous recovery from an incurable illness, and hurricanes that devastate communities … or turn harmlessly out to sea at the last minute. Which of these are the “God things?” The answer lies in our faith.
