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“To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand.” Ortega y Gasset We live in a world filled with artificial marvels, and too many of us have forgotten how to be amazed at what God is saying and doing by His mighty power. The neglected writers called “The Minor Prophets” call us back to a life of amazement and achievement as they remind us of- • God’s jealous love (Hosea) The man who...

drought, but later, Joel uses the phrase to describe the terrible “Day of the Lord” when the nations will be judged. God is the Lord of creation, and without His blessing, nature cannot produce what we need for sustaining life (Pss. 65; 104:10–18, 21; 145:15). We should never pray lightly, “Give us this day our daily bread,” for only God can sustain life (Acts 17:25, 28). “How the cattle moan!” (Joel 1:18, NIV) This reminds us that all creation “groans and labors” because of the bondage of sin in
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