Some Jeep owners have a playful upside down sign on their windshield. "If you can read this, roll me over." That sign always makes me chuckle. But there is another upside down sign from centuries ago that has a much darker meaning. Low down in the Elbe River in the Czech Republic, near the town of Decin, is a river stone engraved in upside down writing-- "Wenn du mich siehst, dann weine." (When you see me, then weep.) Famine was coming.

Do you know what storm surge is? We have a saying here in the hurricane zone. "Hide from wind, run from water." When a hurricane comes ashore, the strong offshore winds pile up the water up ahead of the storm. This is what kills most people in hurricanes-- storm surge.

I wish to share some things I saw while praying yesterday, along with an attempt at interpretation. As with anything like this, I think we need to each individually ask, "God, if this is you, what does it mean?" And then ask the next question-- "God, what do you want me to do with this information?"

The more time we spend in God's presence, the greater our peace when our lives eventually do get derailed.

Why is God revealing this? What are we supposed to do with this information? I believe this is an invitation to pray.

A storm is coming and the water is already rising. Get right with God, and then find yourself a battle buddy.

Shaking is coming. It is a rocky road ahead, and a spiritual lane-change is going to be required of us.

I am going to teach you how to go camping the glamorous way-- at home! We call it Glamping!

My current problem was not my problem to solve. It was God's problem. It didn't even concern me.

Two giant buckets of molten steel were being heated and filled... I sensed that they were almost full...

God showed me a large cookie sheet with a single hand-breaded piece of chicken on it. It was tiny...

As I was praying, I saw hands washing a green pot. All the nasty dried food inside was being cleaned out...

As I think about the Dagon passage in I Samuel, I notice that Dagon's head and hands were broken off. The ability to reason, and the ability to work. Yesterday at my jobsite, I had two important tasks. Critical tasks. I had to calculate some quantity of materials to order, and I had to finish building a catwalk over the water so my customer could get to his boat lift and play with his boat. These two things absolutely had to get done yesterday, and I was the only one who co

What I think God was telling me was that He was going to provide for me. There would be More Than Enough. Yes, I was going to feel burned out. But he had ample stores, and would supply what I needed. He is more than enough. And I don't need to worry.

Friends, God talks. And sometimes He provides warnings of trouble to come. Amos 3:7 tells us: "The fact is, the Sovereign GOD does nothing without first telling his plans to his servants the prophets." I believe that this is one of those times. Long ago, God gave pagan king Pharaoh a dream of impending famine so he would prepare, and in so preparing, save Joseph's family. And I am hearing the same thing from various people today, in unrelated ministries... that hard times and