Obstacles

Good morning after a fine Bible study and breakfast! Sometimes the adversary throws a 40-foot wall in front of you. The only recourse is prayer and waiting for God to work. On many days though, the assault is more of a bunch of obstacles thrown at you in succession. You go out to drive to work and all four tires are flat on your car. That's the 40-ft wall. Today, you cannot find your car keys for a moment or two, but then with keys in hand you forgot something else, a purse or wallet. Then, pockets patted down, accouterments checked, you think you are ready to go... and suddenly you realize that you do indeed need to go, to the bathroom that is. Kids can add a entire dimension to this morning obstacle course. However, wonder of wonders, you make it to work on time. A sigh of relief, a prayer of gratitude to God, and the day is underway.

Although the morning obstacle course took the mind completely off God for a while, it later served to remind us that He provides a way through the little obstacles in life. We overcome through a faith that we didn't think about in the rush of smaller problems. Larger problems fall to this same faith, but we may have more time to think about prayer and supplication. Life might be nothing more than a series of tiny problems, except that a good 40-foot wall every now and then slows us down enough to come before God in earnest prayer. God wants to hear from you and me.

Yes, Him, Jehovah, the Creator of all things wants to hear from His children. I still find that amazing. We don't need a pope, or a high priest, or some lengthy ritual of purification, we only need to use His name in the way He intended, and God hears our prayers and has time for each and every one of us. Wow!

Bucky