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Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser




          Storm
       Chaser




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Preface
This book is for anyone that
has gone through a storm
and maybe going thru one
now. Learn the types of
storm and how they relate to
you. Trust Gods word and
learn his way out of each and
every storm.




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           Tables of Content
God’s purpose for storms

Even great men go through 17

Real men don’t run from Storms 45

Buffed but Blessed 55

Speak to your peace 75




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  GOD’S PURPOSE FOR THE
                    STORM



 "For we would not, brethren,
    have you ignorant of our
  trouble which came to us in
Asia, that we were pressed out
 of measure, above strength,
 insomuch that we despaired
    even of life."--II Cor. 1:8.

   "We are troubled on every
side, yet not distressed; we are
 perplexed, but not in despair;
 Persecuted, but not forsaken;

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cast down, but not destroyed;
 Always bearing about in the
body the dying of the Lord Je-
sus, that the life also of Jesus
might be made manifest in our
    body."--II Cor. 4:8-10.


The surge of trouble is nothing
new to God’s people. The Bi-
ble is filled with stories of
those in trouble. The Hebrew
children had their fiery fur-
nace. Daniel had his den of
lions. Joseph was cast into
prison.


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Paul was shipwrecked and
beaten with stripes. Peter was
sent to prison. John was exiled
at Patmos. James had his head
cut off. David fled from Saul.
Samson had his eyes put out.




Psalm 34:19
Many are the afflictions of the
righteous: but the Lord delive-
reth him out of them all.
Clyde Gordon, who was com-
pletely paralyzed from his
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neck down, edited a magazine
called The Triumph. In it he
said:

"Christ is no security against
storms,
But He is perfect security in
storms.
He does not promise an easy
passage,
But He does guarantee a safe
landing."
The road to success is always
under construction. It seems
that those who seem to have
it hard always get more done."
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Paul said in I Corinthians
10:13, "There hath no tempta-
tion (trouble) taken you but
such as is common to man: but
God is faithful, who will not
suffer you to be tempted
above that ye are able; but will
with the temptation (trouble )
also make a way to escape.




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7 ways God may use a
“surge of problems” in
our lives:

1. To Direct Us.
Sometimes God must light a
fire under you to get you mov-
ing. Problems often point us in
a new direction and motivate
us to change. Is God trying to
get our attention?
Proverbs 20:30
The blueness of a wound
cleanse away evil: so do
stripes the inward parts of the
belly.
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The world deceives us. But af-
ter a serious bout with
trouble, we don’t usually care
as much about what people
think.
Pride is plowed under, the
world loses its value, the ap-
petites for sin lose their taste.
God could have kept Daniel
out of the lions’ den, Paul and
Silas out of jail, the Hebrew
children from the fiery fur-
nace; but it was good for all
these to go through these ex-
periences.


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2. To Inspect Us.
People are like tea bags…if you
want to know what’s inside
them, just drop them in hot
water! Has God ever tested
your faith with a problem?
What do problems reveal
about you?
James 1:2-3
My brethren, count it all joy
when ye fall into divers temp-
tations; [3] Knowing this, that
the trying of your faith wor-
keth patience.

3. To Correct Us.

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Some lessons we learn only
through pain and failure. It’s
likely that as a child your par-
ents told you not to touch a
hot stove. But you probably
learned by being burned.
Sometimes we only learn the
value of something by losing
it."
Psalm 119:71
It is good for me that I have
been afflicted; that I might
learn thy statutes.

4. To Connect Us.
When someone dies in the

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family, loved ones gather from
far and near for the funeral.
People want to be together
when in trouble. When some-
one is seriously ill, their friends
and neighbors gather in to
check on them and make sure
things are all right.

Trouble not only draws people
together, but it also draws
them to the Lord. David said,
"Before I was afflicted, I went
astray" (Ps. 119:67). Many a
person has called for a
preacher in time of trouble to

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make things right with God.

Then trouble also draws
people to church. It is not un-
common to see a whole family
show up at church after a fu-
neral.

Sometimes when people get
bad news from the doctor
about their physical condition,
they take a renewed interest
in church. So trouble unifies.

5. To Protect Us.
A problem can be a blessing in

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disguise if it prevents you from
being harmed by something
more serious. I read about a
guy who was fired for refusing
to do something unethical that
his boss had asked him to do.
His unemployment was a
problem - but it saved him
from being convicted and sent
to prison a year later when the
management’s actions were
eventually discovered.
Joseph said to his brothers in
Genesis 50:20
But as for you, ye thought evil
against me; but God meant it

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unto good, to bring to pass, as
it is this day, to save much
people alive.

God is the only true “surge
protector!”

6. To Perfect Us. the perfect
storm
Problems, when responded to
correctly, are character build-
ers. God is far more interested
in your character than your
comfort. Your relationship to
God and your character are
the only two things you’re

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going to take with you into
eternity.
Romans 5:3-4
And not only so, but we glory
in tribulations also: knowing
that tribulation worketh pa-
tience; [4] And patience, expe-
rience; and experience, hope.
David said in Ps. 71:19-21
O God, who is like unto thee!
Thou, which hast shewed me
great and sore troubles, shalt
quicken me again, and shalt
bring me up again from the
depths of the earth. Thou shalt
increase my greatness, and

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comfort me on every side."

Here we find the effect of
trouble. It was a blessing in
disguise, a benefit to the life of
this good servant of God.
All things work together for
good to them that love God, to
them who are the called ac-
cording to his purpose"
(Rom. 8:28).
The graduate degree of spiri-
tuality comes from attending
the University of Hard Knocks.

7. To Project Us.

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The surge of trouble focuses
us outwardly, on what is most
important…it furthers God’s
cause.
Philip. 1:12
But I would ye should under-
stand, brethren, that the
things which happened unto
me have fallen out rather unto
the furtherance of the gospel;
“For God to make manifest the
fact that He gives songs in the
night, He must first make the
night!”

Who don’t get Tired

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I suppose all of us at some
time or another get de-
pressed, or want to give up
and quit. In the heat of a mo-
ment we’ll say, "I’ll just leave
this job, this church, or this
family, and they’ll miss
me…they’ll wish they had
treated me different!"

Often we have some of these
feelings:
“there’s no use, harder I try,
worse things get, don’t wit-
ness, no one listens, just spin-
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ning wheels, getting nothing at
church, daily stresses and
problems (life is just mundane,
repetitive, like Chinese water
torture!)

I know this is true for 2 rea-
sons:
I talk to many of you going
threw it
I’ve gone threw it!
Sometimes God’s people need
a spiritual 2nd wind…

Examples:
• Moses

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The Greatest leader, hand-
picked by God!
Had God’s power on his life,
but in Numbers 11:15 he said
to God, “if thou deal thus with
me, kill me, I pray thee!”
• Joshua
Greatest General, handpicked
by God to lead Israel into the
Promised Land…but in Joshua
7:7, he said, “would to God we
had been content and dwelt
on the other side of Jordan”
(so this is what we get for
serving God, he said, after a
great defeat!)

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He felt like quitting! He got
over it, thankfully!
• Elijah
Greatest prophet of OT willing
to challenge the idolatry of his
day called fire down from hea-
ven won a faceoff with proph-
ets of Baal, but in I Kings 19:4
after it was all over, he re-
quested for himself that he
might die, and said, it is
enough now, O Lord, take
away my life!
• Job
We talk about his patience and
faith, and he was truly a great

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man…he had a great beginning
and a great ending, but in-
between, when he lost every-
thing, he wished he had not
been born, became suicidal,
extremely depressed for a pe-
riod of time!
Job 3:3 he said, let the day pe-
rish in which I was born!
• Jonah
He wanted God to kill him, and
was spiritually depressed and
not even happy for the all the
souls that just got saved in Ni-
neveh!
• Paul

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In Acts 18 we find Paul in his
2nd missionary journey, arriv-
ing from Athens to Corinth ex-
periencing a low time in his
life (of depression)
I Cor. 2:3 Paul says of that
time in Acts: “I was with you in
weakness and in fear, and in
much trembling” (could be
translated: “I was far from
strong, nervous, and rather
shaky!”
-He was fatigued (53 mile
walk)
He was alone
He was bi-vocational (v. 3:

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tentmaker)
Stressed-v. 5 “pressed in the
spirit” (spiritual stress)
Had a sense of failure (not
much success in Athens called
a “babbler” (bird brain)
Frustrated, leaving a city of
idolatry and heading for the
worst in the world for immo-
rality! (Sin city! The Temple:
Aphrodite, goddess of sex, and
a thousand prostitutes sold
their bodies in the temple in
the name of religion!)
unappreciated…he later wrote
to the people of Corinth:

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2Co 12:15 -
And I will very gladly spend
and be spent for you; though
the more abundantly I love
you, the less I be loved.
At this point on this trip alone,
he’s been beaten and jailed at
Philippi, persecuted at Thessa-
lonica and Berea, ridiculed in
Athens, and now he has to
face Corinth! He was at a low
point, a crossroads in his min-
istry, and he was just about to
quit!
But the Lord came to Paul on

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this day, and showed him that
trying times are not the time
to quit trying!

v. 11—he didn’t quit, he con-
tinued! Why? Because God
told him in 9 and 10: “it’s too
soon to quit!”
3 Promises for the ‘Winded’
We have the promise of …
1. God’s presence
v. 10 “I am with thee”
• In times of loneliness
Heb. 13:5, Jesus said, I will
never leave thee, nor forsake
thee! (gk. Word “never” there

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3 times…never, no never, no
never!)

Gospel of Matthew, 2 wonder-
ful bookends:
Beginning: “Emmanuel, God
with us”
Ending: Great commission,
where Jesus said, “Lo, I am
with you always” (don’t fly!)
Your best friend my stab you
in the back, but He’s a friend
that sticks closer than a broth-
er!
In loneliness…
• In the valley

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When defeat comes discou-
ragement sickness financial
reversal, heartaches, family
problems…remember that the
God of the mountain. is still
God in the valley!
Ill.—little boy went home after
school very sad/told mom
about Billy, his best friend,
who had been absent for 3
days/found out today why
when he returned to class…his
daddy died, and when he told
us, he cried and just laid his
head flat on his desk/mom:
“what did you do?”/I didn’t

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know what to do, so I just laid
my head on my desk and
cried, too!
that’s the kind of Savior we
have! The Bible says, “He’s
TOUCHED” with the feelings of
our infirmities!
Jn. 11:35 says Jesus wept,
why? Lazarus had died Jesus
even knew he was going to
raise him from the dead,
things were going to get bet-
ter, but Jesus’ heart still broke
in the meanwhile!
He’s there in the valley with
you!

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In loneliness, in the valley…
 In death
If we’re honest, we’ll admit we
have a fear of death. (normal
defense mechanism)
Ps. 23: “yea, tho’ I walk thru
the valley of the shadow of
death, I will fear no evil…for
thou art with me!
Joke- a preacher asked church,
how many want to go to hea-
ven, all raised their hands ex-
cept 1 old man you sir, don’t
you wanna go someday? sure,
if you put it that way…I
thought you were getting up a

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load to go right now!

But when our time comes, the
Lord comes Himself with dying
grace and takes away our fear.
He doesn’t send an angel…He
comes for us Himself!

It’s too soon to quit! We have
the promise of His presence!
2. God’s protection
v. 10 “no man shall set on thee
to hurt thee” (the Lord didn’t
say no man would set on thee)
…not that he wouldn’t be hurt,
but that he wouldn’t be

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harmed!
They might have killed the
apostle Paul, but not until he
was able to say, “I have fi-
nished my course.”

They killed the Lord Jesus, but
not before He said, “It is fi-
nished!”

God has a purpose for your
life. Greater than your job!
And if you choose to, you can
live it out, fearlessly…though
there will be persecution, tri-
als and hardships…but until

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your work here is done, God’s
not finished with you, the devil
can’t harm you, man can’t hurt
you, disease cannot touch you,
there are no accidents with
God…He and He alone will call
you home when the time is
right!



So good to know, that nothing
can happen without the Lord’s
permission.
To live is Christ, to die is
gain…God, take me when
you’re thru with me…until

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then, I’m gonna serve you!

It’s too soon to quit!
First let me summarize this
phenomenal story of Elijah
and his confrontation with the
prophets of Baal.

The first we see of Elijah is in 1
Kings 18. He is told by God to
go and announce that there
will not be rain on the land un-
til he says so. Baal worship had
become common and Baal
was thought to be the god of
rain, so what better way to put
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that to rest than to stop all
rain.

Elijah makes his announce-
ment and then leaves. After a
couple of years, the wicked
King, Ahab sends another
prophet Obadiah, a good
prophet, in one direction while
he goes another. Obadiah runs
into Elijah. Elijah tells Obadiah
to go tell Ahab that Elijah is
here. Read this passage which
shows how strongly Ahab was
looking for Elijah:


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1 Kings 18:9-46
"What have I done wrong,"
asked Obadiah, "that you are
handing your servant over to
Ahab to be put to death? [10]
As surely as the LORD your
God lives, there is not a nation
or kingdom where my master
has not sent someone to look
for you. And whenever a na-
tion or kingdom claimed you
were not there, he made them
swear they could not find you.
[11] But now you tell me to go
to my master and say, ’Elijah is
here.’ *12+ I don’t know where

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the Spirit of the LORD may
carry you when I leave you. If I
go and tell Ahab and he
doesn’t find you, he will kill
me.

Obadiah did not want to take
the chance on giving Ahab this
good news, only to find that
God had called Elijah away. I
think he assumed that Ahab
would kill Elijah, so God might
call him away to save Elijah’s
life.

But Elijah convinces him that

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he will be there when he
comes back. This is what Ahab
says:
I Kings 18:17
When he saw Elijah, he said to
him, "Is that you, you troubler
of Israel?"

Elijah debates that point brief-
ly but then sets up a challenge
to prove who is the true God.
This is what happens:

1 Kings 18:19
Now summon the people from
all over Israel to meet me on

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Mount Carmel. And bring the
four hundred and fifty proph-
ets of Baal and the four hun-
dred prophets of Asherah,
who eat at Jezebel’s table."
vs20 So Ahab sent word
throughout all Israel and as-
sembled the prophets on
Mount Carmel. vs21 Elijah
went before the people and
said, "How long will you waver
between two opinions?


If the LORD is God, follow him;
but if Baal is God, follow him."
But the people said nothing.
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Elijah was looking for someone
man enough to stand up with
him, but no one would. The
story is a great story, one of
my favorites in the Bible, so I
encourage you to read it later,
but right now I want to dis-
cover how Elijah was able to
stand alone. What made him
man enough to do this?
Personal dangers didn’t mat-
ter to Elijah. The mob may
have been ready to lynch him
when he came, but he didn’t
care. Elijah was God’s man, in

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God’s place, at God’s time. Do
you have the same attitude as
Elijah? Do you want to be
God’s man in His place and in
His time?




Real Men Don’t Run
from Storms


We live in a society that wants
to neuter manhood. People
want you to believe that there
is really no difference, it is all
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learned. Because of that, we
are raising a generation of
men that do not know what it
means to be a real man.

I am going to tell you what I
believe to be the traits of
manhood in the life of Elijah
and especially in the life of Je-
sus. Men and boys, I want you
to know that if you want to be
a real man, you will have these
traits.

These four traits come out of a
book called “Raising a Modern

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Day Knight” by Robert Lewis.

The first trait of a man is …
I. A Real Man Rejects Passivi-
ty.
Elijah was told to go and
present himself to Ahab. He
knew that was not a safe thing
to do, but he could not be pas-
sive. He does so and sets up
this challenge with the proph-
ets of Baal. But there were
others that day that were pas-
sive, sitting on the sideline,
seeing what would happen.


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I Kings 18:20-21
So Ahab sent word throughout
all Israel and assembled the
prophets on Mount Carmel.
[21] Elijah went before the
people and said, "How long
will you waver between two
opinions? If the LORD is
God, follow him; but if Baal
is God, follow him." But the
people said nothing.

Did you hear the passivity?
“But the people said nothing.”
Elijah was man enough to
stand alone, but passivity kept
others from joining him.
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Anyone who has been around
boys knows that they seem to
possess a natural aggressive-
ness to initiate, to explore,
and to achieve. They are much
more apt to trip their younger
brothers, tackle their sisters
and punch each other in the
arm.

Though it varies from man to
man, this inbred aggressive-
ness – both physical and psy-
chological – is not a learned
behavior; it is innate. It is part

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of being a man.

But, for some reason, men of
every age become passive
when it comes to initiating this
action in their homes, with the
families, and in their commun-
ities. Why? The reason is
found in Genesis.

In Genesis 3, the serpent ap-
proaches Eve with a tantalizing
proposition. He convinces her
that the forbidden fruit is ac-
tually the path to life. Satan
coaxes Eve with the promise

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that if she takes one bite, she
“will be like God" (Genesis 3:5)

The stage is set for Adam to
intervene. After all, Adam has
been given responsibility of
the garden; the prohibition
against eating fruit was spo-
ken to him. God has given the
first man a will, to obey


“don’t eat the fruit , a work to
do (“cultivate the garden”),
and a woman to love (Eve).
These are his explicit respon-
sibilities as a man.
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You fully expect Adam to
come running with a garden
hoe, cut off the serpent’s
head, and end this heinous
approach of evil.
But confronted with his social
and spiritual responsibilities,
Adam becomes, of all things,
passive.
Have you ever wondered what
Adam was doing while Eve was
being propositioned? Most
people assume that he was
absent at the time, commun-
ing with nature or tilling the
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soil. Not true. He was right
there, watching his wife con-
template moral and spiritual
suicide. Genesis 3:6 tells us so:
Genesis 3:6
When the woman saw that the
fruit of the tree was good for
food and pleasing to the eye,
and also desirable for gaining
wisdom, she took some and
ate it. She also gave some to
her husband, who was with
her, and he ate it.

Did you hear it? The text says
she gave “some to her hus-

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band, who was with her.” As
naturally aggressive as Adam
was, when the moment of au-
thentic manhood arrived –
when he was called upon to
act responsibly, to take charge
spiritually, and protect his
woman – Adam just stood
there. He went flat. He be-
came passive.
Men have been imitating
Adam’s example ever since.
Have you ever wondered why
the Bible constantly calls men
to love their wives, spiritually
instruct their children, and

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responsibly lead their homes?
The reason is because men
have a fallen nature that ac-
tually bends away from these
responsibilities. It comes with
maleness. It comes from
Adam.


      Buffeted But Blessed

         Text: 2 Cor.12: 9, 10



 Intro: Most of us would think
   the ideas of buffeting and

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 blessing are totally foreign to
  one another. It’s difficult to
    wrap our limited insight
 around the biblical idea that
the former could actually pro-
duce the latter. As a matter of
  fact, the average Christian
  probably isn’t the least bit
concerned with understanding
        such a concept.
 The Apostle Paul saw a defi-
 nite connection between be-
   ing “buffeted” and being
 “blessed.” This great servant
 of God realized that the Lord
 was purposeful in all He did,

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   and in all He permitted to
  come into his life, whether
 good or ill. Paul realized that
 though he could not live obli-
vious to the billows and blows
  of life, it was better to look
   beyond them, and see the
blessings of growth, effective-
ness, and maturity they would
   inevitably produce in him.
  That all sounds very noble,
doesn’t it? However, as noble
 as this concept may sound, it
is often excruciatingly difficult
   to seize, spiritually. It isn’t
 easy to learn to “…count it all

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    joy when ye fall into divers
   temptations (various trials);
Knowing this that the trying of
  your faith worketh patience”
 (James 1: 2-3), as James says.
 It’s far easier to read the con-
     cept than to realize it. But
  realize it we can and must, if
  we are to live victoriously to
 the honor and glory of Christ.
In Second Corinthians 12:7-10,
   Paul explains what God had
   taught him when it seemed
that life was giving him a good
 beating. There are some very
     important principles to be

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 learned in this brief passage.
 Let’s consider them together.



 Theme: Paul lists three things
 for us to consider in our diffi-
             culties:



           I. THE BUFFETING

              A. Its Purpose.

2 Cor.12: 7a “And lest I should
  be exalted above measure
through the abundance of the

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               revelation…”

2 Cor.12: 7c “…lest I should be
   exalted above measure.”

 NOTE: [1] Paul indicates that
one of the purposes of his buf-
feting was to prevent religious
  pride. The word “exalted”
means, “to become haughty.”
   Albert Barnes notes that:

 There is abundant reason to
believe that Paul was naturally
 a proud man. He was by na-
ture self-confident; trusting in

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  his own talents and attain-
 ments, and eminently ambi-
   tious. When he became a
Christian, therefore, one of his
besetting sins would be pride;
and as he had been especially
favored in his call to the apos-
   tleship; in his success as a
   preacher; in the standing
which he had among the other
  apostles, and in the revela-
 tions imparted to him, there
 was also special danger that
     he would become self-
confident and proud of his at-
           tainments.

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  If the Apostle Paul could have
 a problem with pride, believe
  me; any of us could have the
 same problem. As a matter of
     fact, most all of us have a
   pride problem from time to
    time. However, God knows
      how to deflate our over-
 inflated ego, just like this guy:

 Some people think they are a
 wonder when they are not. I
 heard about a bachelor who
 was on an airplane. He saw a
pretty stewardess and decided

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     to get her attention.
 She passed by and said, “Sir,
you do not have your seat belt
          fastened.”
  He replied, “Well, my dear,
Superman doesn’t need a seat
             belt.”
 She never hesitated, but re-
 sponded immediately, “Yes,
and Superman would not need
an airplane either, fasten your
         seat belt!”(3)
   The potential for religious
 pride lay in the “…abundance
  of the revelations” given to
               Paul
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 [3a] Paul was blinded on the
    Damascus Road, by the
brightness of the glorified Chr-
      ist (Acts 9: 3; 22: 6).

[3b] Paul had seen a vision in
which he was instructed to go
 preach to the Gentiles (Acts
         22: 17-21).

   [3c] It was through a vision
  that Paul had been called to
  go preach the Gospel in Ma-
      cedonia (Acts 16: 9).
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  *3d+ Paul was taken up “into
   paradise,” where he heard
    “unspeakable words” (2
          Cor.12: 2-4).

 [3e] Paul received the revela-
tion of divine truth concerning
the “mystery” of Christ and His
       Church (Eph.3: 3).

[4] Christians sometimes fail to
understand that Satan will use
   good things to corrupt our
lives. If we don’t stay alert, Sa-
  tan will turn a blessing from

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God into boasting in the flesh.

            B. Its Properties.

            1. It was painful.

 2 Cor.12: 7b “…a thorn in the
 flesh, the messenger of Satan
         to buffet me…”

NOTE: [1] The word translated
 “thorn” refers to a “‘a sharp
stake used for torturing or im-
     paling someone.’”(4)
*2+ The word “buffet” also im-
plies pain, in that it means, “to

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strike with clenched hands, to
     buffet with the fist.”(5)
  [3] One is caused to wonder
  why God would allow such a
 choice servant as Paul, to suf-
  fer this kind of satanic anta-
              gonism.
[3a] Paul said that the trials he
  endured were a constant re-
 minder of his personal weak-
 ness and inability apart from
 the enabling power of God (2
           Cor.12: 10).

[3b] Difficulties in the Christian
  life produce much the same

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effect as the ocean does upon
 the rocks on the shore. Rocks
found in the quiet coves, sepa-
rated from the crashing waves
   of the sea, are jagged and
sharp. However, the rocks that
  are exposed to the constant
pounding of the ocean’s waves
become smooth, polished and
   beautiful. Satan wants to
  smash us with the trials and
  difficulties of life, while God
 wants to smooth and sanctify
          us with them.

           2. It was physical.

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 2 Cor.12: 7b “…in the flesh…”

   Paul was simply saying that
he suffered from “…a physical
 affliction.”(6) Robertson also
agrees with this deduction. He
  says, “Certainly it was some
physical malady that persisted.
  All sorts of theories are held
 (malaria, eye-trouble, epilep-
sy, insomnia, migraine or sick-
         headache, etc.).
 F.W. Farrar adds the following
 comments concerning Paul’s


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 There have been endless con-
jectures as to the exact nature
 of this painful and most hum-
  bling physical affliction. It is
  only by placing side by side a
great many separate passages
 that we are almost irresistibly
 led to the conclusion which is
 now most generally adopted,
 namely, that it was acute and
  disfiguring ophthalmic, origi-
 nating in the blinding glare of
 the light which flashed round
 him at Damascus, and accom-
panied, as that most humiliat-
ing disease usually is, by occa-

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sional cerebral excitement.(8)

             C. Its Producer.

2 Cor.12: 7b “…the messenger
          of Satan…”

 NOTE: The word “messenger”
is the Greek word “ANGELOS,”
 which is the same word often
translated “angel.” The “angel
of Satan” was the delivery boy
  for the bodily affliction that
Paul suffered. Though Satan or
    his cohorts cannot touch
   God’s children at will, God

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may sometimes use Satan and
his messengers, to accomplish
     His divine purposes.



             II. THE BURDEN

2 Cor.12: 8 “For this thing I be-
sought the Lord thrice, that it
   might depart from me.”

  John 16: 33b “…In the world
  ye shall have tribulation: but
        be of good cheer




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Listen to what God is saying
,Don’t loose your joy, stay
happy, it’s your joy that de-
stroy storm.
Satan would love nothing bet-
ter than to make you upset,
angry even mad at God.
Singing songs and making me-
lody to God in your heart is
crucial. Those that master
holding on to their joy masters
the storm. We tend to let
people with no joy steal ours .
Storms don’t last as long when
you keep your joy. many
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people of will get their best
praise on during the storm. So
learn to shout it out.




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Speak to your peace
Let’s go back to what God
Spoke to the wind and the
rain. Peace! he called it,
Peace belongs to God, so it be-
longs to the people of God.
Being that it belongs to us we
have the power to control it.
No matter the storm we have
power to speak to our peace.
You may not be able to control
the storm but you can control
your peace. Storms come to
distract us from our vision,
work or your purpose.
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Storm chaser

  • 1. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser Storm Chaser Join The National Schools of Theology Page 1
  • 2. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser Preface This book is for anyone that has gone through a storm and maybe going thru one now. Learn the types of storm and how they relate to you. Trust Gods word and learn his way out of each and every storm. Join The National Schools of Theology Page 2
  • 3. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser Join The National Schools of Theology Page 3
  • 4. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser Tables of Content God’s purpose for storms Even great men go through 17 Real men don’t run from Storms 45 Buffed but Blessed 55 Speak to your peace 75 Join The National Schools of Theology Page 4
  • 5. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser GOD’S PURPOSE FOR THE STORM "For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life."--II Cor. 1:8. "We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; Join The National Schools of Theology Page 5
  • 6. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser cast down, but not destroyed; Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Je- sus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body."--II Cor. 4:8-10. The surge of trouble is nothing new to God’s people. The Bi- ble is filled with stories of those in trouble. The Hebrew children had their fiery fur- nace. Daniel had his den of lions. Joseph was cast into prison. Join The National Schools of Theology Page 6
  • 7. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser Paul was shipwrecked and beaten with stripes. Peter was sent to prison. John was exiled at Patmos. James had his head cut off. David fled from Saul. Samson had his eyes put out. Psalm 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delive- reth him out of them all. Clyde Gordon, who was com- pletely paralyzed from his Join The National Schools of Theology Page 7
  • 8. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser neck down, edited a magazine called The Triumph. In it he said: "Christ is no security against storms, But He is perfect security in storms. He does not promise an easy passage, But He does guarantee a safe landing." The road to success is always under construction. It seems that those who seem to have it hard always get more done." Join The National Schools of Theology Page 8
  • 9. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser Paul said in I Corinthians 10:13, "There hath no tempta- tion (trouble) taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation (trouble ) also make a way to escape. Join The National Schools of Theology Page 9
  • 10. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser 7 ways God may use a “surge of problems” in our lives: 1. To Direct Us. Sometimes God must light a fire under you to get you mov- ing. Problems often point us in a new direction and motivate us to change. Is God trying to get our attention? Proverbs 20:30 The blueness of a wound cleanse away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly. Join The National Schools of Theology Page 10
  • 11. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser The world deceives us. But af- ter a serious bout with trouble, we don’t usually care as much about what people think. Pride is plowed under, the world loses its value, the ap- petites for sin lose their taste. God could have kept Daniel out of the lions’ den, Paul and Silas out of jail, the Hebrew children from the fiery fur- nace; but it was good for all these to go through these ex- periences. Join The National Schools of Theology Page 11
  • 12. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser 2. To Inspect Us. People are like tea bags…if you want to know what’s inside them, just drop them in hot water! Has God ever tested your faith with a problem? What do problems reveal about you? James 1:2-3 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temp- tations; [3] Knowing this, that the trying of your faith wor- keth patience. 3. To Correct Us. Join The National Schools of Theology Page 12
  • 13. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser Some lessons we learn only through pain and failure. It’s likely that as a child your par- ents told you not to touch a hot stove. But you probably learned by being burned. Sometimes we only learn the value of something by losing it." Psalm 119:71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. 4. To Connect Us. When someone dies in the Join The National Schools of Theology Page 13
  • 14. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser family, loved ones gather from far and near for the funeral. People want to be together when in trouble. When some- one is seriously ill, their friends and neighbors gather in to check on them and make sure things are all right. Trouble not only draws people together, but it also draws them to the Lord. David said, "Before I was afflicted, I went astray" (Ps. 119:67). Many a person has called for a preacher in time of trouble to Join The National Schools of Theology Page 14
  • 15. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser make things right with God. Then trouble also draws people to church. It is not un- common to see a whole family show up at church after a fu- neral. Sometimes when people get bad news from the doctor about their physical condition, they take a renewed interest in church. So trouble unifies. 5. To Protect Us. A problem can be a blessing in Join The National Schools of Theology Page 15
  • 16. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser disguise if it prevents you from being harmed by something more serious. I read about a guy who was fired for refusing to do something unethical that his boss had asked him to do. His unemployment was a problem - but it saved him from being convicted and sent to prison a year later when the management’s actions were eventually discovered. Joseph said to his brothers in Genesis 50:20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it Join The National Schools of Theology Page 16
  • 17. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. God is the only true “surge protector!” 6. To Perfect Us. the perfect storm Problems, when responded to correctly, are character build- ers. God is far more interested in your character than your comfort. Your relationship to God and your character are the only two things you’re Join The National Schools of Theology Page 17
  • 18. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser going to take with you into eternity. Romans 5:3-4 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh pa- tience; [4] And patience, expe- rience; and experience, hope. David said in Ps. 71:19-21 O God, who is like unto thee! Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth. Thou shalt increase my greatness, and Join The National Schools of Theology Page 18
  • 19. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser comfort me on every side." Here we find the effect of trouble. It was a blessing in disguise, a benefit to the life of this good servant of God. All things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called ac- cording to his purpose" (Rom. 8:28). The graduate degree of spiri- tuality comes from attending the University of Hard Knocks. 7. To Project Us. Join The National Schools of Theology Page 19
  • 20. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser The surge of trouble focuses us outwardly, on what is most important…it furthers God’s cause. Philip. 1:12 But I would ye should under- stand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel; “For God to make manifest the fact that He gives songs in the night, He must first make the night!” Who don’t get Tired Join The National Schools of Theology Page 20
  • 21. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser I suppose all of us at some time or another get de- pressed, or want to give up and quit. In the heat of a mo- ment we’ll say, "I’ll just leave this job, this church, or this family, and they’ll miss me…they’ll wish they had treated me different!" Often we have some of these feelings: “there’s no use, harder I try, worse things get, don’t wit- ness, no one listens, just spin- Join The National Schools of Theology Page 21
  • 22. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser ning wheels, getting nothing at church, daily stresses and problems (life is just mundane, repetitive, like Chinese water torture!) I know this is true for 2 rea- sons: I talk to many of you going threw it I’ve gone threw it! Sometimes God’s people need a spiritual 2nd wind… Examples: • Moses Join The National Schools of Theology Page 22
  • 23. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser The Greatest leader, hand- picked by God! Had God’s power on his life, but in Numbers 11:15 he said to God, “if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee!” • Joshua Greatest General, handpicked by God to lead Israel into the Promised Land…but in Joshua 7:7, he said, “would to God we had been content and dwelt on the other side of Jordan” (so this is what we get for serving God, he said, after a great defeat!) Join The National Schools of Theology Page 23
  • 24. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser He felt like quitting! He got over it, thankfully! • Elijah Greatest prophet of OT willing to challenge the idolatry of his day called fire down from hea- ven won a faceoff with proph- ets of Baal, but in I Kings 19:4 after it was all over, he re- quested for himself that he might die, and said, it is enough now, O Lord, take away my life! • Job We talk about his patience and faith, and he was truly a great Join The National Schools of Theology Page 24
  • 25. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser man…he had a great beginning and a great ending, but in- between, when he lost every- thing, he wished he had not been born, became suicidal, extremely depressed for a pe- riod of time! Job 3:3 he said, let the day pe- rish in which I was born! • Jonah He wanted God to kill him, and was spiritually depressed and not even happy for the all the souls that just got saved in Ni- neveh! • Paul Join The National Schools of Theology Page 25
  • 26. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser In Acts 18 we find Paul in his 2nd missionary journey, arriv- ing from Athens to Corinth ex- periencing a low time in his life (of depression) I Cor. 2:3 Paul says of that time in Acts: “I was with you in weakness and in fear, and in much trembling” (could be translated: “I was far from strong, nervous, and rather shaky!” -He was fatigued (53 mile walk) He was alone He was bi-vocational (v. 3: Join The National Schools of Theology Page 26
  • 27. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser tentmaker) Stressed-v. 5 “pressed in the spirit” (spiritual stress) Had a sense of failure (not much success in Athens called a “babbler” (bird brain) Frustrated, leaving a city of idolatry and heading for the worst in the world for immo- rality! (Sin city! The Temple: Aphrodite, goddess of sex, and a thousand prostitutes sold their bodies in the temple in the name of religion!) unappreciated…he later wrote to the people of Corinth: Join The National Schools of Theology Page 27
  • 28. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser 2Co 12:15 - And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved. At this point on this trip alone, he’s been beaten and jailed at Philippi, persecuted at Thessa- lonica and Berea, ridiculed in Athens, and now he has to face Corinth! He was at a low point, a crossroads in his min- istry, and he was just about to quit! But the Lord came to Paul on Join The National Schools of Theology Page 28
  • 29. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser this day, and showed him that trying times are not the time to quit trying! v. 11—he didn’t quit, he con- tinued! Why? Because God told him in 9 and 10: “it’s too soon to quit!” 3 Promises for the ‘Winded’ We have the promise of … 1. God’s presence v. 10 “I am with thee” • In times of loneliness Heb. 13:5, Jesus said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee! (gk. Word “never” there Join The National Schools of Theology Page 29
  • 30. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser 3 times…never, no never, no never!) Gospel of Matthew, 2 wonder- ful bookends: Beginning: “Emmanuel, God with us” Ending: Great commission, where Jesus said, “Lo, I am with you always” (don’t fly!) Your best friend my stab you in the back, but He’s a friend that sticks closer than a broth- er! In loneliness… • In the valley Join The National Schools of Theology Page 30
  • 31. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser When defeat comes discou- ragement sickness financial reversal, heartaches, family problems…remember that the God of the mountain. is still God in the valley! Ill.—little boy went home after school very sad/told mom about Billy, his best friend, who had been absent for 3 days/found out today why when he returned to class…his daddy died, and when he told us, he cried and just laid his head flat on his desk/mom: “what did you do?”/I didn’t Join The National Schools of Theology Page 31
  • 32. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser know what to do, so I just laid my head on my desk and cried, too! that’s the kind of Savior we have! The Bible says, “He’s TOUCHED” with the feelings of our infirmities! Jn. 11:35 says Jesus wept, why? Lazarus had died Jesus even knew he was going to raise him from the dead, things were going to get bet- ter, but Jesus’ heart still broke in the meanwhile! He’s there in the valley with you! Join The National Schools of Theology Page 32
  • 33. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser In loneliness, in the valley… In death If we’re honest, we’ll admit we have a fear of death. (normal defense mechanism) Ps. 23: “yea, tho’ I walk thru the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil…for thou art with me! Joke- a preacher asked church, how many want to go to hea- ven, all raised their hands ex- cept 1 old man you sir, don’t you wanna go someday? sure, if you put it that way…I thought you were getting up a Join The National Schools of Theology Page 33
  • 34. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser load to go right now! But when our time comes, the Lord comes Himself with dying grace and takes away our fear. He doesn’t send an angel…He comes for us Himself! It’s too soon to quit! We have the promise of His presence! 2. God’s protection v. 10 “no man shall set on thee to hurt thee” (the Lord didn’t say no man would set on thee) …not that he wouldn’t be hurt, but that he wouldn’t be Join The National Schools of Theology Page 34
  • 35. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser harmed! They might have killed the apostle Paul, but not until he was able to say, “I have fi- nished my course.” They killed the Lord Jesus, but not before He said, “It is fi- nished!” God has a purpose for your life. Greater than your job! And if you choose to, you can live it out, fearlessly…though there will be persecution, tri- als and hardships…but until Join The National Schools of Theology Page 35
  • 36. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser your work here is done, God’s not finished with you, the devil can’t harm you, man can’t hurt you, disease cannot touch you, there are no accidents with God…He and He alone will call you home when the time is right! So good to know, that nothing can happen without the Lord’s permission. To live is Christ, to die is gain…God, take me when you’re thru with me…until Join The National Schools of Theology Page 36
  • 37. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser then, I’m gonna serve you! It’s too soon to quit! First let me summarize this phenomenal story of Elijah and his confrontation with the prophets of Baal. The first we see of Elijah is in 1 Kings 18. He is told by God to go and announce that there will not be rain on the land un- til he says so. Baal worship had become common and Baal was thought to be the god of rain, so what better way to put Join The National Schools of Theology Page 37
  • 38. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser that to rest than to stop all rain. Elijah makes his announce- ment and then leaves. After a couple of years, the wicked King, Ahab sends another prophet Obadiah, a good prophet, in one direction while he goes another. Obadiah runs into Elijah. Elijah tells Obadiah to go tell Ahab that Elijah is here. Read this passage which shows how strongly Ahab was looking for Elijah: Join The National Schools of Theology Page 38
  • 39. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser 1 Kings 18:9-46 "What have I done wrong," asked Obadiah, "that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to be put to death? [10] As surely as the LORD your God lives, there is not a nation or kingdom where my master has not sent someone to look for you. And whenever a na- tion or kingdom claimed you were not there, he made them swear they could not find you. [11] But now you tell me to go to my master and say, ’Elijah is here.’ *12+ I don’t know where Join The National Schools of Theology Page 39
  • 40. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser the Spirit of the LORD may carry you when I leave you. If I go and tell Ahab and he doesn’t find you, he will kill me. Obadiah did not want to take the chance on giving Ahab this good news, only to find that God had called Elijah away. I think he assumed that Ahab would kill Elijah, so God might call him away to save Elijah’s life. But Elijah convinces him that Join The National Schools of Theology Page 40
  • 41. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser he will be there when he comes back. This is what Ahab says: I Kings 18:17 When he saw Elijah, he said to him, "Is that you, you troubler of Israel?" Elijah debates that point brief- ly but then sets up a challenge to prove who is the true God. This is what happens: 1 Kings 18:19 Now summon the people from all over Israel to meet me on Join The National Schools of Theology Page 41
  • 42. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser Mount Carmel. And bring the four hundred and fifty proph- ets of Baal and the four hun- dred prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table." vs20 So Ahab sent word throughout all Israel and as- sembled the prophets on Mount Carmel. vs21 Elijah went before the people and said, "How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him." But the people said nothing. Join The National Schools of Theology Page 42
  • 43. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser Elijah was looking for someone man enough to stand up with him, but no one would. The story is a great story, one of my favorites in the Bible, so I encourage you to read it later, but right now I want to dis- cover how Elijah was able to stand alone. What made him man enough to do this? Personal dangers didn’t mat- ter to Elijah. The mob may have been ready to lynch him when he came, but he didn’t care. Elijah was God’s man, in Join The National Schools of Theology Page 43
  • 44. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser God’s place, at God’s time. Do you have the same attitude as Elijah? Do you want to be God’s man in His place and in His time? Real Men Don’t Run from Storms We live in a society that wants to neuter manhood. People want you to believe that there is really no difference, it is all Join The National Schools of Theology Page 44
  • 45. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser learned. Because of that, we are raising a generation of men that do not know what it means to be a real man. I am going to tell you what I believe to be the traits of manhood in the life of Elijah and especially in the life of Je- sus. Men and boys, I want you to know that if you want to be a real man, you will have these traits. These four traits come out of a book called “Raising a Modern Join The National Schools of Theology Page 45
  • 46. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser Day Knight” by Robert Lewis. The first trait of a man is … I. A Real Man Rejects Passivi- ty. Elijah was told to go and present himself to Ahab. He knew that was not a safe thing to do, but he could not be pas- sive. He does so and sets up this challenge with the proph- ets of Baal. But there were others that day that were pas- sive, sitting on the sideline, seeing what would happen. Join The National Schools of Theology Page 46
  • 47. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser I Kings 18:20-21 So Ahab sent word throughout all Israel and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel. [21] Elijah went before the people and said, "How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him." But the people said nothing. Did you hear the passivity? “But the people said nothing.” Elijah was man enough to stand alone, but passivity kept others from joining him. Join The National Schools of Theology Page 47
  • 48. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser Anyone who has been around boys knows that they seem to possess a natural aggressive- ness to initiate, to explore, and to achieve. They are much more apt to trip their younger brothers, tackle their sisters and punch each other in the arm. Though it varies from man to man, this inbred aggressive- ness – both physical and psy- chological – is not a learned behavior; it is innate. It is part Join The National Schools of Theology Page 48
  • 49. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser of being a man. But, for some reason, men of every age become passive when it comes to initiating this action in their homes, with the families, and in their commun- ities. Why? The reason is found in Genesis. In Genesis 3, the serpent ap- proaches Eve with a tantalizing proposition. He convinces her that the forbidden fruit is ac- tually the path to life. Satan coaxes Eve with the promise Join The National Schools of Theology Page 49
  • 50. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser that if she takes one bite, she “will be like God" (Genesis 3:5) The stage is set for Adam to intervene. After all, Adam has been given responsibility of the garden; the prohibition against eating fruit was spo- ken to him. God has given the first man a will, to obey “don’t eat the fruit , a work to do (“cultivate the garden”), and a woman to love (Eve). These are his explicit respon- sibilities as a man. Join The National Schools of Theology Page 50
  • 51. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser You fully expect Adam to come running with a garden hoe, cut off the serpent’s head, and end this heinous approach of evil. But confronted with his social and spiritual responsibilities, Adam becomes, of all things, passive. Have you ever wondered what Adam was doing while Eve was being propositioned? Most people assume that he was absent at the time, commun- ing with nature or tilling the Join The National Schools of Theology Page 51
  • 52. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser soil. Not true. He was right there, watching his wife con- template moral and spiritual suicide. Genesis 3:6 tells us so: Genesis 3:6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. Did you hear it? The text says she gave “some to her hus- Join The National Schools of Theology Page 52
  • 53. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser band, who was with her.” As naturally aggressive as Adam was, when the moment of au- thentic manhood arrived – when he was called upon to act responsibly, to take charge spiritually, and protect his woman – Adam just stood there. He went flat. He be- came passive. Men have been imitating Adam’s example ever since. Have you ever wondered why the Bible constantly calls men to love their wives, spiritually instruct their children, and Join The National Schools of Theology Page 53
  • 54. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser responsibly lead their homes? The reason is because men have a fallen nature that ac- tually bends away from these responsibilities. It comes with maleness. It comes from Adam. Buffeted But Blessed Text: 2 Cor.12: 9, 10 Intro: Most of us would think the ideas of buffeting and Join The National Schools of Theology Page 54
  • 55. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser blessing are totally foreign to one another. It’s difficult to wrap our limited insight around the biblical idea that the former could actually pro- duce the latter. As a matter of fact, the average Christian probably isn’t the least bit concerned with understanding such a concept. The Apostle Paul saw a defi- nite connection between be- ing “buffeted” and being “blessed.” This great servant of God realized that the Lord was purposeful in all He did, Join The National Schools of Theology Page 55
  • 56. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser and in all He permitted to come into his life, whether good or ill. Paul realized that though he could not live obli- vious to the billows and blows of life, it was better to look beyond them, and see the blessings of growth, effective- ness, and maturity they would inevitably produce in him. That all sounds very noble, doesn’t it? However, as noble as this concept may sound, it is often excruciatingly difficult to seize, spiritually. It isn’t easy to learn to “…count it all Join The National Schools of Theology Page 56
  • 57. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser joy when ye fall into divers temptations (various trials); Knowing this that the trying of your faith worketh patience” (James 1: 2-3), as James says. It’s far easier to read the con- cept than to realize it. But realize it we can and must, if we are to live victoriously to the honor and glory of Christ. In Second Corinthians 12:7-10, Paul explains what God had taught him when it seemed that life was giving him a good beating. There are some very important principles to be Join The National Schools of Theology Page 57
  • 58. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser learned in this brief passage. Let’s consider them together. Theme: Paul lists three things for us to consider in our diffi- culties: I. THE BUFFETING A. Its Purpose. 2 Cor.12: 7a “And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the Join The National Schools of Theology Page 58
  • 59. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser revelation…” 2 Cor.12: 7c “…lest I should be exalted above measure.” NOTE: [1] Paul indicates that one of the purposes of his buf- feting was to prevent religious pride. The word “exalted” means, “to become haughty.” Albert Barnes notes that: There is abundant reason to believe that Paul was naturally a proud man. He was by na- ture self-confident; trusting in Join The National Schools of Theology Page 59
  • 60. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser his own talents and attain- ments, and eminently ambi- tious. When he became a Christian, therefore, one of his besetting sins would be pride; and as he had been especially favored in his call to the apos- tleship; in his success as a preacher; in the standing which he had among the other apostles, and in the revela- tions imparted to him, there was also special danger that he would become self- confident and proud of his at- tainments. Join The National Schools of Theology Page 60
  • 61. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser If the Apostle Paul could have a problem with pride, believe me; any of us could have the same problem. As a matter of fact, most all of us have a pride problem from time to time. However, God knows how to deflate our over- inflated ego, just like this guy: Some people think they are a wonder when they are not. I heard about a bachelor who was on an airplane. He saw a pretty stewardess and decided Join The National Schools of Theology Page 61
  • 62. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser to get her attention. She passed by and said, “Sir, you do not have your seat belt fastened.” He replied, “Well, my dear, Superman doesn’t need a seat belt.” She never hesitated, but re- sponded immediately, “Yes, and Superman would not need an airplane either, fasten your seat belt!”(3) The potential for religious pride lay in the “…abundance of the revelations” given to Paul Join The National Schools of Theology Page 62
  • 63. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser [3a] Paul was blinded on the Damascus Road, by the brightness of the glorified Chr- ist (Acts 9: 3; 22: 6). [3b] Paul had seen a vision in which he was instructed to go preach to the Gentiles (Acts 22: 17-21). [3c] It was through a vision that Paul had been called to go preach the Gospel in Ma- cedonia (Acts 16: 9). Join The National Schools of Theology Page 63
  • 64. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser *3d+ Paul was taken up “into paradise,” where he heard “unspeakable words” (2 Cor.12: 2-4). [3e] Paul received the revela- tion of divine truth concerning the “mystery” of Christ and His Church (Eph.3: 3). [4] Christians sometimes fail to understand that Satan will use good things to corrupt our lives. If we don’t stay alert, Sa- tan will turn a blessing from Join The National Schools of Theology Page 64
  • 65. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser God into boasting in the flesh. B. Its Properties. 1. It was painful. 2 Cor.12: 7b “…a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me…” NOTE: [1] The word translated “thorn” refers to a “‘a sharp stake used for torturing or im- paling someone.’”(4) *2+ The word “buffet” also im- plies pain, in that it means, “to Join The National Schools of Theology Page 65
  • 66. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser strike with clenched hands, to buffet with the fist.”(5) [3] One is caused to wonder why God would allow such a choice servant as Paul, to suf- fer this kind of satanic anta- gonism. [3a] Paul said that the trials he endured were a constant re- minder of his personal weak- ness and inability apart from the enabling power of God (2 Cor.12: 10). [3b] Difficulties in the Christian life produce much the same Join The National Schools of Theology Page 66
  • 67. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser effect as the ocean does upon the rocks on the shore. Rocks found in the quiet coves, sepa- rated from the crashing waves of the sea, are jagged and sharp. However, the rocks that are exposed to the constant pounding of the ocean’s waves become smooth, polished and beautiful. Satan wants to smash us with the trials and difficulties of life, while God wants to smooth and sanctify us with them. 2. It was physical. Join The National Schools of Theology Page 67
  • 68. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser 2 Cor.12: 7b “…in the flesh…” Paul was simply saying that he suffered from “…a physical affliction.”(6) Robertson also agrees with this deduction. He says, “Certainly it was some physical malady that persisted. All sorts of theories are held (malaria, eye-trouble, epilep- sy, insomnia, migraine or sick- headache, etc.). F.W. Farrar adds the following comments concerning Paul’s Join The National Schools of Theology Page 68
  • 69. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser There have been endless con- jectures as to the exact nature of this painful and most hum- bling physical affliction. It is only by placing side by side a great many separate passages that we are almost irresistibly led to the conclusion which is now most generally adopted, namely, that it was acute and disfiguring ophthalmic, origi- nating in the blinding glare of the light which flashed round him at Damascus, and accom- panied, as that most humiliat- ing disease usually is, by occa- Join The National Schools of Theology Page 69
  • 70. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser sional cerebral excitement.(8) C. Its Producer. 2 Cor.12: 7b “…the messenger of Satan…” NOTE: The word “messenger” is the Greek word “ANGELOS,” which is the same word often translated “angel.” The “angel of Satan” was the delivery boy for the bodily affliction that Paul suffered. Though Satan or his cohorts cannot touch God’s children at will, God Join The National Schools of Theology Page 70
  • 71. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser may sometimes use Satan and his messengers, to accomplish His divine purposes. II. THE BURDEN 2 Cor.12: 8 “For this thing I be- sought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.” John 16: 33b “…In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer Join The National Schools of Theology Page 71
  • 72. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser Listen to what God is saying ,Don’t loose your joy, stay happy, it’s your joy that de- stroy storm. Satan would love nothing bet- ter than to make you upset, angry even mad at God. Singing songs and making me- lody to God in your heart is crucial. Those that master holding on to their joy masters the storm. We tend to let people with no joy steal ours . Storms don’t last as long when you keep your joy. many Join The National Schools of Theology Page 72
  • 73. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser people of will get their best praise on during the storm. So learn to shout it out. Join The National Schools of Theology Page 73
  • 74. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser Speak to your peace Let’s go back to what God Spoke to the wind and the rain. Peace! he called it, Peace belongs to God, so it be- longs to the people of God. Being that it belongs to us we have the power to control it. No matter the storm we have power to speak to our peace. You may not be able to control the storm but you can control your peace. Storms come to distract us from our vision, work or your purpose. Join The National Schools of Theology Page 74
  • 75. Dr. Orlando E Short/Storm Chaser If you like this book and it was a blessing to you please make a donation to the National Schools of Theology Feel free to call 302 465 8077 We can do this book in a workshop, sermon revival etc….., www.drshortschoolsoftheolog y.com Join The National Schools of Theology Page 75