Storm

Job 9:16-17 – Even if I summoned him and he responded, I do not believe he would give me a hearing. He would crush me with a storm and multiply my wounds for no reason.

Jonah 1:4 – Then the Lord sent a great wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship threatened to break up.

Job 2:3 – Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.”

Application:

• ·         Job does not know that God has allowed Satan to crush him for a high purpose.
• ·         God’s sovereign working in Jonah’s mission is evident at several other points also: the fish, the release of Jonah, the leafy plant, the worm and the “scorching east wind”.
• ·         Though it is not always clear how, everything that happens is part of His divine purpose.

All Scripture verses taken from NIV