Saturday, August 9, 2008
With such hot weather...
Hi guys, I was reflecting on a verse during my quiet time and decided to post this. Hope it encourages you.
Lately, the weather has become rather hot and unbearable. As part of my vocation as a RP, it is inevitable that I come under the mercy of the weather. When it is very sunny, I get heat strain. When it pours heavily, I get drenched. Nevertheless, I am always reminded of Isaiah 25:4.
Isa 25:4A
You have been a refuge for the poor,
a refuge for the needy in his distress,
a shelter from the storm
and a shade from the heat.
In a spiritual sense, when the “weather” gets very hot, the following things happen:
- We sweat so much that our backs become very sticky with heavy burdens. To make things worse, sometimes sweat gets into our eyes and our vision/dream becomes blurred
- Our hair [prayer life] becomes very coarse and dry
- We become dehydrated and our mouths dry up with our tongues sticking to the roof of our mouths. When this happens, we find it much easier to give a one-syllable sigh than a four-syllable hallelujah.
- We get sun-burnt-we become so sensitive, easily offended and don’t really want to come into contact with other people
But, in our dry and low experiences, we can always look to the times of refreshing from God [Acts 3:19]. Even when our spiritual walk seems very dry, we need to persevere on, knowing that like what Jesus said in John 10:38, streams of living water will flow from within us :)
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