This photo says so much to me.
It says that anything can happen… and that business leaders, world leaders and all the control we feel we have over our lives really are a bit of an illusion.I don’t mean to sound pessimistic or ‘domesday-ish’… It’s just got me thinking.
It seems like we are in very strange times. Nashville ran out of gas last week… it was bizarre to read “Twitters” where friends in TN were having to stay home because there was no gas…lining up for hours fighting over the remaining gallons of fuel.. Then to hear contant stories of earthquakes, fires, disasters, and then the news of the stock market. It is a reminder that serious things are taking place in the Earth at the moment, and whether I want to or not, I’m reminded of Jesus’ words that such things will happen as we begin to journey toward ‘the end’ of things… So it is jointly an exciting and very sobering time to be awake, aliving and breathing.
I’m bad at keeping up with news…local news or global news… I’m just bad at keeping up. I often exist in my own little bubble, typing away on my laptop, talking on my cell phone, ticking off my bible study plan… and often unaware of the issues and developments taking place in the globe.
God on the other hand, is anything BUT unaware. The more I hang out with Him, get to know Him, I realize that He is the most aware Being in existence. Some theologians say that attributing emotion to God is “anthropomorphic” (reducing God to a human level). I strongly disagree – God created emotions. We are a tiny reflection of His image. Therefore, He is far more emotive, more pained, more joyous, more senstive than any of us and all of us combined.
His awareness, His pain over the tragedies. His frustration over the injustices. These call me to HAVE to pay attention. He is my dearest Friend, my Husband, my Savior. I must know what is on His heart. I must share it and stand in it with Him.
So God, open my eyes and ears to see the world as you see. Wake me up from my comfortable sleep, my numerous conferences and meetings, my own dreams and agendas. Open my eyes to see as You see. Jump start my heart to feel what you feel.
Lead me out of my comfort zone… Outside the doors of comfortable church…and into the dangerous place where you stand…where there are question marks and heartaches, and the full punch of the weight of the pain of the world. I want to come out from behind my safe walls…..and share Your heart for this universe.
Jeremiah shared it. Hosea felt it. Ezekiel lived and breathed it. Amos carried it. Give me the gift of feeling your pain, your anger and your joy. I want it all – I want to know You and your heart. Ruin me for living a numb life in a comfortable bubble. Break my heart with the things that break yours. Open my blind eyes. Wake me up. Start today.
Amen
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