Light in the Storm

2 Samuel 22:29 – You are my lamp O Lord; the Lord turns my darkness into light.

Imagine you’re a 5 year old child. It’s dark and stormy outside. The wind is blowing hard as the trees scrape up against your window. Oh man! Your flashlight batteries just ran out and BOOM! Thunder. Oh how you hate thunder it sounds like someone is pounding on the door trying to get in. All of a sudden your room lights up from a lightening strike and throws the bending tree shadows on the wall. BOOM! There’s that scary thunder again. You wish you that you knew the teddy bear you’re clutching would be real so it would protect you. No such luck. Howling wind again and another BOOM! Sobbing you tear out of the room running and hoping the things that go bump in the night are not on your heels but knowing for sure that they are. Afraid to look you keep running. Finally you reach the destination that you know would take care of the horrifying storm. You race through the door as mom and dad grabs you up and snuggles closely. They kiss away your tears and whisper softly, “everything is going to be ok, you’re safe now.”

Life as a 5 year old isn’t too far off the life that most adults live today. That one stormy night explains what so many goes through day after day. Lets face it live usually isn’t easy. We make life hard and it really does seem that people enjoy it that way but are miserable. We cling to things, people and objects that fill us from the outside as a storm rages in us. Just when you feel safe and secure the lights go out; your batteries go dead. While you’re searching for that next thing to fill your emptiness the outside world is clawing and scratching to get in. Ah finally...like the 5 year old you find the teddy bear. It doesn’t take long to know though that it won’t work either. No matter how much you think it will…it will never love or protect you like you do it and it will never be real. That storms still raging huh? You’re sobbing and fighting desperately. What can help me? where do I run to when all my outlets have proven to be nothing and fill nothing within me? You’re searching again but the emptiness is following you. Just when you feel hopeless and that your bumps in the night are catching up, you get to the door. Its been there through the entire storm and however long you kept fighting you knew that’s where you needed to be.

So as you reach the door and open it you find God waiting. Our Heavenly Father with arms open wide whispering to you, “everything is going to be ok, you’re safe now.”

Don’t wait for that storm…he’s here now and ready to protect you from your emptiness and those that are trying to desecrate you.

Deuteronomy 31:8 – The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.

1 Samuel 2:9

The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my savior; thou saved me from violence. I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

Find God…Search him out and submit. He will take you pain and give you heeling over all your aliments.

Refill

He makes our cup runith over; but do we ask for refilling when it starts to get low? Keep in mind that it does not run low due to God but our own choices. Some choices lead us away from the Lord. Things happen in life and its our choice whether it will have a negative or positive impact.

Now after hearing that, understand God is always with us no matter our choices. When we need to ask for refilling He is ready to give it. No matter how rough times are or how far one strays He will pick us up if we let Him.

Most problems in the world is that we (humans) depend on ourselves way too much. God wants to do things for us and take things away. But how can we allow God to do this when we’re not willing to let go. Two people can’t drive the car at the same time. Even a student driver car is not ideal with our relationship with God. You know the car where God would have just about complete control but if he gets to a place where we’re a little uncomfortable then we can hit the breaks. That’s just not how it should work. Plus we usually get to the same spot just on a different route; which is more lengthier than the route God was driving to.

There are cases in the Bible that give us examples of the same scenario. Did you know that Moses told God no? He didn’t want to speak to the crowds and basically told God I can’t do what you’re asking. So God said alright Aaron (Moses’s brother) you’re going to help Moses. Aaron spoke for Moses. Moses put the breaks on Gods will but it was still accomplished; via a different path. When Moses led them out to the dessert can you imagine how much quicker they would have got to their promise land if they would not have strayed (from God)? Now I understand that their straying was purposeful to Gods will and it shows us today that God is very patient. But why couldn’t they just give God the reigns and let Him lead them?

It’s the same reason we do not let Him to that today in our lives. We put the breaks on when God starts to send us in a direction that we do not want to go in. What will people think? What will I do if this happens? But what about what I’ve done in the past?

The past is gone and the future is not here…Now is where we need to live. We need to get in the car and give God the wheel.

And once this is realized we can allow Him to work in our lives so that He will touch others. Follow His lead the Lord will put you on the path that will lead to good things.

Oh yes the path will be filled with trial and tribulations and if you’re a Christian in Gods army then there will be many. As mentioned above when those things that bring us down or stand in our way threaten our walk with God, then we need to refill. Let Gods sprit wash over us and let His joy and peace and everlasting love shine through us to touch others. Let God’s positive influence help us back on our way so that we can finish what we’ve set out to do for His glory.