A GUARDIAN GOD
For the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s; upon them he has set the world.
He will guard the feet of his saints but the wicked will be silenced in darkness. I Samuel 2:b,9a
Each day is a brand new slate.
We have never lived it.
Some things are predictable about our days.
The sun always rises.
The sun always sets.
We can count on it.
In different seasons the days will be shorter or longer.
The light of the sun warms the earth and vegetation grows.
It is necessary for the garden’s cycle of replenishing beauty.
Seed life must have the sun.
Unusual winter weather ushered in a surprise to the South this week.
Our temperatures dropped dramatically as an arctic front blew into our town bringing snow and ice. On our street overnight the fresh snow powdered the roof tops of homes and bordered the sidewalks as a boundary.
One day later it was just a trace, but the ice remained. The severe temperatures plummeted and the branches of mighty trees bowed low. Some limbs snapped from the weight of the ice and some touched the ground redefining the silhouette with what seemed to be unrepairable damage.
The broken had to be removed, cut off– for in effect, nature had delivered pruning.
The bent required new life to surge through its limbs once again in order to raise it back up.
A tree stands against the horizon as a declaration of resiliency.
Roots are the foundation of strength, growth, reproduction– beauty.
Amazingly right on schedule as the sun began to shine down, tiny intricate patterns of ice sculpture found upon every living off shoot of the sprawling limbs became prisms of luminous light at first and then slowly began to melt the ice.
As this phenomenon unfolded, the melting released the traumatized tree branches and they began to recover, to rise.
A rooted foundation sustains.
The sun energizes.
Trees matter to God… and so do we.
The foundations of the earth are the Lord’s…
HE is imminently involved in the intricacies of nature.
He is imminently involved in our lives.
JESUS came to bring rescue, hope, forgiveness and new life.
His Blood was the offering needed to help us begin again.
The CROSS was a tree of sacrifice.
Without it we would be weighted down all our lives…. broken and bent forever.
Sin obscures and obliterates but a life in Him has the promise of renewal and restoration day by day.
When we belong to Him, we know HIM.
When we belong to HIM we can walk in confidence and assurance believing HE will guard the feet of His saints.
He knows what is ahead.
He is there.
He knows where we are.
He is with us.
What a promise!
Yes, the sun does rise and set daily.
The foundations of the earth are the Lord’s.
HE rises to keep watch over our feet– our comings and our goings.
We must watch for Him.
Seek Him fervently.
Share His love with another.
Serve Him out of devotion.
Saturate your life in His Word.
This is the walk of faith.
A God who guards will guide your steps.
LIFE WITH GOD is REAL LIFE.
Along the journey with you,
Billie Cash
