Issue 752 – Green Water – May 22, 2022
The lake was getting very green in spots. A combination of high temperatures and fertilizer runoff from the nearby golf course led to unprecedented plant growth in the lake. The weeds are to the surface, and the algae are in full bloom.
The problem will come in the Spring. When winter comes, all that plant life will die back and sink to the bottom of the lake. There it will decompose like it does every year. Decomposition uses oxygen in the lake water. Since the lake is small and shallow, there is only a limited oxygen supply. That means the fish will be short of oxygen, and I predict a higher than usual level of winter kill.
Some things don’t require a lot of skill to predict. You have to look at the obvious and extrapolate the results.
Some things take a lot more skill. Highly trained scientists and experts in all fields regularly make predictions about anticipated results of their work or the outcome of future events. Many times they are right. Many times they’re wrong despite their expertise.
There is an area that it’s pointless to try to predict other than as an intellectual exercise. We often try and predict the day of Jesus’ return. Many have fallen into that trap since not long after Jesus ascended.
We live in end times and have done so ever since Christ ascended back into heaven. We know that He is coming back.
“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. And you know the way to where I am going.” John 14:1-4
He also told us that we wouldn’t know when that return would be.
And the scribe said to him, “You are right, Teacher. You have truly said that he is one, and there is no other besides him. And to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbour as oneself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And after that no one dared to ask him any more questions. Mark 13:32-34
Many places in the Bible tell us He is coming back “soon.”
“Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay each one for what he has done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.” Revelation 22:12-13
We needn’t waste time predicting the day of His return. He said He was coming and that things would be hard in the interim. We need to be faithful to what He’s called us to do in the “waiting room.”
Will He return today? Tomorrow? Next week? Next year? Ten years from now? A hundred years from now? Longer still? I don’t know, and neither does anyone else. It doesn’t matter as long as we spend that time being faithful instead of worrying. When the time is right, He’ll be back. Until then, all the speculating in the world won’t hurry things along.
Until next time, may you live each day in a way that will cause Him to say, “Well done, good and faithful servant,” when He returns or when you go to be with Him.
Hallelu Yah (Praise God)
Be blessed.
Kevin.
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Soli Deo Gloria (for the glory of God alone.)
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