Climate change is one of the most debated subjects of our time. Every drought, hurricane, wildfire, or unseasonable snowstorm is quickly placed into one category. Voices argue. Experts disagree. Predictions shift. Accusations fly. Fear spreads. But long before climate models or global summits, God spoke about the climate.
In Deuteronomy, as Israel stood on the edge of the Promised Land, God revealed something deeper than atmospheric trends. He connected climate to covenant.
Deuteronomy 11:13–14 NLT “If you carefully obey the commands I am giving you today, and if you love the LORD your God and serve Him with all your heart and soul, then He will send the rains in their proper seasons—the early and late rains—so you can bring in your harvests of grain, new wine, and olive oil.”
God did not present weather as random. He presented it as governed. Not chaotic—but under His authority. The early and late rains were not accidents of nature; they were expressions of His faithful oversight. This does not mean we draw a straight line from every storm to a specific sin. Scripture warns against simplistic conclusions. But it does mean something profound: the climate is not ultimate. God is.
Psalm 147:8 NLT “He covers the heavens with clouds, provides rain for the earth, and makes the grass grow in mountain pastures.”
Psalm 135:6–7 NLT “The LORD does whatever pleases Him throughout all heaven and earth, and on the seas and in their depths. He causes the clouds to rise over the whole earth. He sends the lightning with the rain and releases the wind from His storehouses.”
While humanity debates carbon levels and policy responses, Scripture reminds us that the Lord releases the wind from His storehouses. He sends rain in season. He withholds it when He chooses. He governs cycles we barely understand. Yet what is most striking is this: God’s concern is not first atmospheric—it is relational.
Throughout Scripture, when drought came or seasons were irregular, God’s people were often called not first to argument, but to prayer.
2 Chronicles 7:13–14 NLT “At times I might shut up the heavens so that no rain falls, or command grasshoppers to devour your crops or send plagues among you. Then if My people who are called by My Name will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land.”
Notice the pattern. When the heavens close, God invites His people to open their hearts. When the rain stops, He calls His people to fall to their knees. Climate irregularity in Scripture was often less a cue for panic and more a summons to intercession.
This perspective shifts everything. Instead of living in fear, we live in faith. Instead of outrage, obedience. Instead of despair, devotion. And when we see troubling trends in weather or nature, perhaps the first question is not, “Who is to blame?” but “Have we prayed?”
Matthew 5:45 NLT “For He gives His sunlight to both the evil and the good, and He sends rain on the just and the unjust alike.”
Rain is not political. It is providential. Stewardship still matters. God placed Adam in the garden “to tend and watch over it” (Genesis 2:15 NLT). Care, wisdom, and responsibility are biblical. But fear should not rule the hearts of those who belong to Christ. The earth is not spiraling beyond His authority.
Psalm 24:1 NLT “The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it. The world and all its people belong to Him.”
That is God’s view of climate change. He owns it. He governs it. He oversees it. And He invites His people not into anxiety—but into allegiance and intercession.
The greatest climate issue may not be outside of us but within us. Are our hearts aligned with Him? Are we loving Him with all our heart and soul? Are we praying for mercy, for balance, for blessing over our land? The One who sends the rain is the same One who responds to humble prayer.
Psalm 46:2 NLT “So we will not fear when earthquakes come and the mountains crumble into the sea.”
Prayer: Dear Lord, You are the Creator of the heavens and the earth. You command the winds and send the rain. Forgive us when we become anxious instead of prayerful. If there is dryness in our land, search for dryness in our hearts. Teach us to humble ourselves and seek Your face. Stir Your people to intercede for mercy, balance, and blessing over our communities and nations. Help us to steward Your creation wisely while trusting Your sovereignty completely. Anchor us in covenant confidence and draw us back to our knees in every season. in Jesus’ name, Amen!
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