absolute sovereignty of God extends to all things, including wars, disasters and plagues. Scripture testifies that these events are neither random nor outside of His control. God ordains all things, including calamities. Nothing happens outside His sovereign decree. Yet, while God decrees and governs all things, He remains perfectly holy and unstained by sin."Come and see the works of the Lord; the desolations He has brought on the earth!" (Psalm 46:8)From the decimating earthquake, to the devouring fire; from the devastating tsunami, to the deadly plague;from the volcanic eruption, to the destructive hurricane--the Bible clearly teaches that all what we call "natural disasters" fall under the sovereign decree of Almighty God. He governs all of His creation according to His decreed will--yet He remains unstained by sin, executing His sovereign purposes in justice, wisdom and righteousness."Does disaster come to a city, unless the Lord has done it?" (Amos 3:6)When the earth quakes beneath us, let us not attribute it to chance, or accident, or laws of nature--but to Him who alone shakes the pillars thereof. Storms at sea, earthquakes on land, and tempests in the sky--are but the outstretched rod of Jehovah, calling men to repentance and reminding them that He alone is God!Though God ordains all these events, He remains holy and without sin. "God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all." (1 John 1:5). He does not do evil, nor can He be accused of injustice. God's purposes are always just and righteous. "Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?" (Genesis 18:25).Let us, therefore acknowledge God's sovereign hand in all things, bow in reverenc