Lightning
While we were camping last weekend on Saturday night there was a fabulous electrical storm. I could tell that there was a storm brewing earlier in the evening so I had gotten up and put everything that couldn't get wet away. When it first started to hit, our youth and a few adults went to the top of Mt. Harrison lookout to watch the storm. Jason and I stayed behind at our campsite. We had a fire going so we did not want to leave it unattended. At first we saw a few strikes followed a few moments later by a loud crash of thunder. We oohed and awed over the fantastic light show. Then one gigantic flash of lightning happened with a thunderous boom. It was so loud and happened so sunddenly that I reached out and grabbed my husband and yelped. We decided that we had better go to the truck and watch the show from a safe location. Then came the down pour. More crashes then just as fast as it started it ended. I could see another set of clouds coming quickly. We took advantage of the break in weather to run to our tent. The lightning was even more fierce in the next storm. It was too close for comfort. One strike was so loud and bright that we could see the whole forrest from the inside of our tent! WOW!
The next day we all gathered outside. We had heard that some did not wait out the storm but left for home. The majority stayed. The youth talked about how awesome the light show was from the observatory. We all talked about how some of the strikes were way too close.
I realized at how there are a some similarities between lightning and God. Lightning is so cool at a distance. We know that it is powerful and enjoy a good electrical storm every now and then but if it gets too close it makes us uncomfortable. Some people even leave the area when it gets too close.
What about God? He is powerful. We love his power and his demonstrations of power as long as He is showing his lovie dovie side but oh how we all hate discipline especially when it becomes close and personal! He makes some of us so uncomfortable because we don't want for Him to address certain areas of our lives or to put it simply we don't want to change. When God shines the bright light in those areas of sin in our lives we back away or distance ourselves from the source of power. Are you someone who runs away from God when He gets too close? What do you do when you start to feel uncomfortable? He is the safe place. What will you do when He shines His brillant light into the dark places? Even when He is exposing something that you thought that you had hidden or feel as though your world is being shaken apart run to Him! Don't run away, don't go and hide. He will walk with you. He loves you. He desires great things for you. Don't be afraid...press in.
Pressing in,
Shanin
The next day we all gathered outside. We had heard that some did not wait out the storm but left for home. The majority stayed. The youth talked about how awesome the light show was from the observatory. We all talked about how some of the strikes were way too close.
I realized at how there are a some similarities between lightning and God. Lightning is so cool at a distance. We know that it is powerful and enjoy a good electrical storm every now and then but if it gets too close it makes us uncomfortable. Some people even leave the area when it gets too close.
What about God? He is powerful. We love his power and his demonstrations of power as long as He is showing his lovie dovie side but oh how we all hate discipline especially when it becomes close and personal! He makes some of us so uncomfortable because we don't want for Him to address certain areas of our lives or to put it simply we don't want to change. When God shines the bright light in those areas of sin in our lives we back away or distance ourselves from the source of power. Are you someone who runs away from God when He gets too close? What do you do when you start to feel uncomfortable? He is the safe place. What will you do when He shines His brillant light into the dark places? Even when He is exposing something that you thought that you had hidden or feel as though your world is being shaken apart run to Him! Don't run away, don't go and hide. He will walk with you. He loves you. He desires great things for you. Don't be afraid...press in.
Pressing in,
Shanin
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