Tag: fog

  • God’s Character When He Seems Hidden in the Fog 

    With autumn having arrived, morning fog is common here. At times. It is a light mist, but other mornings it’s a heavy cloud that blankets everything and reduces visibility to a few feet. That can make the morning drive a challenge for many people. Fortunately, it doesn’t stick around very long.

    Sometimes, it seems that God is hiding in the fog. We know that He’s out there somewhere, but for the life of us we can’t see Him. Sometimes, if we’re honest, we wonder if He’s even working out there.

    Times can be hard. We can pray faithfully for what seems like forever, and God isn’t anywhere we can see. We still believe, but we get discouraged, and little doubts can creep in.

    When that happens, we need to remember God’s character as revealed in Scripture. God cannot violate His character.

    He is love.

    Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. 1 John 4:7-12 ESV

    God is faithful.

    God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. 1 Corinthians 1:9 ESV

    He keeps his promises and never lies.

    God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it? Numbers 23:19 ESV

    I could carry the list on for a long time, but there is no doubt that even when we can’t see Him, He is hard at work to accomplish His purpose.

    Hold fast, my dear friends; His faithfulness is great and His mercies new every morning.

    Kevin

    SUMMARY

    When God seems hidden in the fog, we need to remember His character as revealed in Scripture. Even when we can’t see Him, He is hard at work to accomplish His purpose.

    TAKEAWAY

    When you’ve prayed faithfully for what seems like forever and can’t see God anywhere, you can still believe even while you’re discouraged and little doubts creep in.

    When that happens, remember God’s character as revealed in Scripture: He is love, He is faithful, and He keeps His promises and never lies. God cannot violate His character.

    Even when you can’t see Him, He is hard at work to accomplish His purpose. Hold fast, because His faithfulness is great and His mercies are new every morning.

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  • A Mist- Our lives pass quickly

    Mist on Eagle Mountain, Abbotsford BC

    One of the fantastic things about living in the Fraser  Valley, so close to the coast, is the mist. Mists come and go, never the same from moment to moment or day to day.

    They can conceal part of the landscape, only to open up or move on, leaving it again. Late Saturday morning, I snapped today’s image with my phone.

    A layer of foggy mist covers most of the hill. The cell phone tower reminds me of a castle turret atop an island floating in the clouds, with nearby treetops appearing like more little islands.

    A few moments later, it was all concealed from my view. Several minutes passed, and the entirety of the hill was visible again. It was as if the clouds were causing the scenery to play peek-a-boo with us.

    Our lives have a lot in common with the mist. Our life may seem long in comparison to the entirety of time. It’s just a little blip on the radar. Our sixty, seventy, eighty, or more years color and shape things briefly, and then we’re gone, and things change.

    It is by relatively few for a short season if we are remembered at all when we’re gone. People go to great lengths to ensure their legacies, endowing schools and libraries, buying stadiums, and more. Sooner or later, someone replaces them, and even that legacy disappears into the mist of time.

    Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow. Psalm 144:4 ESV

    For we are but of yesterday and know nothing, for our days on earth are a shadow. Job 8:9 ESV

    For we are strangers before you and sojourners, as all our fathers were. Our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no abiding. 1 Chronicles 29:15 ESV

    I’m not writing to depress you about the shortness of life. Instead, I want to remind you what a precious gift each and every moment is. Life, like a mist passes quickly

    Every breath we take is a gift from God. For believers, it is an opportunity to magnify the Lord and prepare for the blissful eternity of glory. For non-believers, this life is the closest they will ever come to paradise. Unless they turn to Christ before their passing, their eternity will make the worst days of their lives seem wonderful.

    Cherish each moment. It truly is a gift for the believer. Even our hard times strengthen and shape us to be more like Jesus. A faith that has not been tested is only a wish.

    I don’t know the specifics of what your day will bring. You might be on the mountaintop of joy and wonder, deep in the valley of pain and the shadow of death, or most likely somewhere in between.

    If you know Jesus, rejoice because He will use your circumstances for good. If you don’t yet know Him, take the time today to surrender and be reconciled to God.

    Whatever the day brings, know that God loves you and desires you to spend forever in Paradise with Him.

    Kevin

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