Sunday, December 18, 2016

Searching for a principle

It got crazy cold last night...something like -5 degrees Farenheit.  We received two inches of snow yesterday and so it seemed like nothing would melt today; even at church it was still only about 5 degrees Farenheit when I took this video.  Nothing should melt, right?

But watch this dull, dull video of some snow melting on the sign.  That's right, it's actually melting, though one might think that it's something like 25 degrees too cold to melt.  But the property of the metal, combined with the bright sunshine, and you can watch it melt in real time...this is not a time-elapsed video.  In the course of less than a minute it visibly melted.

So, there's gotta be a spiritual principle here, right?  It hit me as I was watching this that nothing is impossible for God, the very principle about which I preached from Luke 1:37, when Mary is told by the angel that yes, she can have a baby.  It's an expression that occurs a number of times in Scripture, reminding us that the things that seem impossible with us are nothing compared to the almighty God we serve. In the dark and bright moments, in the hot and cold times in which we live, God is still mighty to save.

Maybe it's not that big a deal, really...I've seen this many times before.  But when it comes to God and his work, do we stop long enough to be in awe of what he does?