Good Monday morning! 3 weeks ago today I didn't welcome the morning sun quite as much as I do today. The mornings were still warm and the days even worse. Now, I go outside with a jacket and the morning sun helps to warm up the house. That change has happened within less than 3 weeks. Imagine what changes will happen in another 3 weeks. Bear in mind that I'm not asking you to worry about what happens, just imagine for a bit. Actually, our respective imaginations may not even be close when it comes to what happens by or at that time. For all we know the sun might start heading back north and the arrival of autumn will be cancelled for this year. Unlikely I'll admit, but you and I could not positively guarantee it. On the other hand, God could grab any handy prophet and let us know exactly what is going to happen exactly 3 weeks from today, or even for every day in between.
God did this often in the Old Testament days, and yet many chose not to believe the Word of God. With the advantage of reading God's Bible given to us over the centuries, we can look back at them and call them fools. The ancient people of Jerusalem laughed at Jeremiah when he warned them of the coming invasion. They laughed again when Jesus told them that the temple would be destroyed. Both times we laugh grimly at those old-timey folks and perhaps forget to wonder what we might be laughing at or ignoring today.
Perhaps God has put it on your heart to be a dancer, but your shape and physical stamina at the moment is one more suited to watching dancers on television. Certainly you may be right in doubting yourself at this moment, but do you also doubt God's ability to make you into a dancer? Be careful of saying, "I'm too old!" God gave us an example of that way back in the first book of the Bible. Today, I am wondering myself what prophecy or promise from God that I may be slow in seeing the fulfillment of simply because I haven't listened and rose up from the watching position.
There is a certain inertia or unwillingness to move when we get comfortable in our watching place. God has provided for us and while the cupboard is full we might be just a little slow in getting to it. While we should never be driven by worry, the comfort of the moment may not be well deserved from hard work either. Times of rest will come for us, as will seasons of change, days of work, and times of trial. Praise God for the new days that remind us to get up and get moving on the Lord's plan for each of us. A new season arrives on the calendar on Friday. It just may be time for a new season to arrive in your life or my life this week too!
Praise God our Father and Provider!
Bucky
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