BP Oil Spill – Where is God?
My family and I live in what we have come to refer to as “Paradise”. And recently our paradise (Panama City Beach, Florida) has been threatened by an oil spill far surpassing our worst imagination.
For some 80 days or so, millions of gallons of oil have spilled into the gulf on a daily basis – threatening the fish of the seas and the birds of the air and human life as we know it from Texas to the Florida Keys. And smack in the middle of that – in what some officials have called “the Bulls Eye” – sits our home town.
When this event first happened, I began seeking God. I asked Him “How bad is it”. His response to me was simple “Do you really want to know?” This comment scared me and I held back from pressing in.
I then began asking him “What should we do?” And he gave me a vision – I saw a dead fish (the Christian symbol with an X for the eye) and a cross standing next to it. I understood immediately that “When you see the dead fish, then you will know what to do.”
But I did not understand why it was a Christian symbol, and the cross was out side it (I have seen the symbol with the cross as the eye). So I began pressing in for greater understanding.
We are now some 50+ days from that vision, and I have not yet seen the dead fish. As of this writing, our paradise is outside the effected area, and we have seen very little oil coming ashore. Our tourists are still mostly here, and life is fairly normal.
Normal except for the fact that the government is building a fancy boom system to protect our bay, and BP has rented 3 very large parking areas to stage equipment ranging from heavy trucks, etc to light weight boom. It appears to me that they (whoever “they” are) are expecting the oil to come back and still hit what they have termed “the bulls eye”.
But with all thats happened, and all the news – I have continued to pray and press in and ask God two things: “Why was the cross outside the fish?” and ‘Why aren’t there any prophets or others saying anything about the oil?”
I have read the Hoppi Indian prophesy and it _could_ be right – but its not of God, so I discard it. I have searched and searched for prophetic words from others and I have found 3 basic themes and a very limited number of postings on-line….
1 – The oil is a call to America to humble itself.
2 – The oil is a warning to President Obama because he abandoned Israel.
3 – Bob Jones prophesied an oil spill and 2 hurricanes in the year after Oral Roberts Died (see theme #1).
So – I have pressed in and wondered as are others – “Why does there seem to be a famine in the Land of God’s spoken word? Why is no one telling us about the oil and what God is saying?”
And now I know why….
God is not speaking because He has nothing to say. You see He has spoken to me, and what He has said is this: “The cross is outside the fish because I am not in it.”
God is not in the oil spill. He did not do it nor cause it to happen. It did not happen because our president neglected Israel. It is not hitting Texas and not here because our prayers are more effective than theirs. It is what it is because mankind screwed up. It is going where it is going because the natural winds and currents are making it. Bottom line – it is not of God, for God or by God. He is not in it.
Where is God? Sitting on His throne watching over us. Fulfilling His Word – “All things work for the good of those that love Him”.
In the end, we will be victorious. Right now – its out of our hands. BP and our governement need to figure out what to do – and then we will recover because God is for us, what can man do to us!
And why a famine in the land of God’s spoken words? That ones easy – He got tired of all these folks saying “God said” when He hasn’t. He got tired of all the Christians – yes believers – saying He said something because the end justifies the means.
Most of us don’t want to admit it, but how many prophecies have you gotten that your now pretty sure never came from the father? How many big name and no name people have said to you “God says…” and in the end, it wasn’t God. How many times have pastors and teachers, husbands and wives heard “God said…” and everyone really knew (but couldn’t fight it) that it probably wasn’t Him.
Well – God got tired of it. He grew weary and now we are seeing the fulfillment of Amos 8 and 9. Not because it is the end of our time, but rather because God IS messing with the economies of the world. He grew tired and weary of all the people saying “God said” and misusing His name, and his methods. He has grown tired and weary of bad scales, false economies, wrong systems of measure, and now its all in upheavel. He got tired of everyone everywhere saying “God said..” ranging from the local man or woman saying something that wasn’t him, to the leader of a sect saying “Cut off their heads”.
Where is God – on His throne.
Prophet Bill