A VORTEX is a mass of whirling fluid or air, especially a whirlpool or a whirlwind. Another word for the circular movement of water, wind, air, or smoke, is an eddy. Have you ever felt like your life was swirling? The strong winds are blowing and it seems like things are spiraling out of control. You're being pulled in...but sometimes things are actually spinning into a better future. You may not be able to regulate events—but God is still guiding and directing everything that is happening.
Marvel comic fans have watched the character Dr. Strange create vortex portals in time as characters are sucked in and their realities are changed. In Scripture, the prophet Elisha saw his mentor Elijah translated to glory in 2 Kings 2:11, "As they were walking along and talking, suddenly a chariot of fire appeared, drawn by horses of fire. It drove between the two men, separating them, and Elijah was carried by a whirlwind into heaven." The vortex's power was not just a portal for Elijah's ride to the afterlife, but to Elisha's ascendancy with the mantle of a prophet.
JOB's life was spiraling out of control. God had given Satan permission to try Job's faith and commitment to worship the LORD no matter what. The enemy caused the winds of life to blow strongly. They swiftly took his fortune, the lives of his children and servants, and the support of his spouse. When Job did not buckle under the pressure of the swirling, the devil attacked his health. The storm was raging and his friends were giving him awful advice. It is interesting what the Bible records about God answering Job, "Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind." (Job 38:1) God gave Job a myriad of reasons why HE is the LORD and Job was not. The LORD confronted him for doubting and questioning His choices in Chapter 40:1-7:
"Then the Lord said to Job, 2 “Do you still want to argue with the Almighty? You are God’s critic, but do you have the answers?” 3 Then Job replied to the Lord, 4 “I am nothing—how could I ever find the answers? I will cover my mouth with my hand. 5 I have said too much already. I have nothing more to say." 6 Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind: 7 “Brace yourself like a man, because I have some questions for you, and you must answer them.”
I wonder if you're in a vortex. Things are swirling and it seems like you might be going down for the last time. Perhaps like Job, you have begun to question God about what He is doing (or not doing), and about your place in His plan. You've been criticizing and questioning the LORD's movement, and you've been waiting for things to stop to hear Him speak. Maybe God is going to answer you from the whirlwind. | 
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