There is a storm coming. Are you preparing?
We rush to the stores frantic to get the supplies needed for our family's survival. We fight the crowds of people and pay ridiculously high prices because really how can you put a price on survival?
The first three things gone before a storm are ; water and bread to help fuel our bodies and fuel for the generators so that we can have light.
We board up our homes to protect it against anything that might be thrown at it. We help others to board up their homes and prepare as well. Then being as prepared as we can be, we wait...
We listen to updates of the storm on the weather radio. We keep an eye on the sky to see if we are almost out of danger and sometimes we sit in silence and pray that we did everything that we could to prepare ourselves for the storm that we are currently in.
Once the storm has lifted, we survey the damage left around us. We start to pick up the pieces of debris scattered everywhere and begin a hard labor of clearing things away that don't need to be in our yards.
Sometimes when the damage seems to be too much, an insurance adjuster surveys the damage done, reminds us of the price of our valuables and writes a check to cover the damages...
While you were reading this did you see what I just saw? Did it connect?
One announcement of an impending storm had the power to move us to run out and prepare for what was about to come. The three things we grab for first are;
WATER- John 4:14
"But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life."
Bread- John 6:32-35
“Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread. And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.”
Fuel/light- Psalm 119:105
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path."
If you don't continue to fuel the generator that powers your light, then the light begins to grow faint and eventually goes out. We must continue to fuel our generators with God's word and help others to fuel theirs as well.
God is the board of protection around our heart. He knew that there would be sin so He sent His only Son to pay the ultimate price because to God, we are all precious in His sight and more valuable than we could ever know. It won't be easy and there is some heavy labor involved to clear out the debris of storms passed. But it is worth it!
There is a storm coming. Are you preparing?
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