* An Intervention

So—who is like me? Who holds a candle to me?” says The Holy. 

Look at the night skies: Who do you think made all this? Who marches this army of stars out each night, counts them off, calls each by name —so magnificent! so powerful!— and never overlooks a single one?

Isaiah 40:25-26 The Message

I was reading a Foreword written by Robert MacKenzie about the lives of two ordinary people who would become two of the greatest Christian songwriters of the 20th century, and this one line just seemed to spring right off the page. "...as they struggled to translate the call of the God of the Universe into the daily challenge of raising a family in an often hard world with real-life problems and real-life opportunities." 

How often do we forget to include the God of the Universe in the day-to-day of life - the daily challenges? Are we guilty of just saving God for the big stuff - the life crises that arise? The Word of God warns us that it's the little foxes that spoil the vine. It's the small stuff - the everyday grind, we're tired, we tend to fill up all of our time with work and errands and extra-curricular activities and get caught up in the nothingness of life. Oftentimes, it's only when we reach the end of our proverbial rope that we cry out to God for His intervention. 

Let's stop for just a moment, right here. Right now and think about this. The God of the Universe - the Creator - Who marches this army of stars out each night, counts them off, calls each by name

—so magnificent! so powerful!— and never overlooks a single one... THAT God wants us (you and me!) to spend time with Him on a daily basis. Do we believe that? If not, perhaps it's because we haven't spent enough time getting to know Him for who He is...

Isaiah 40:28-31 in the Message reads, Don’t you know anything? Haven’t you been listening? God doesn’t come and go. God lasts. He’s Creator of all you can see or imagine. He doesn’t get tired out, doesn’t pause to catch his breath. And he knows everything, inside and out. He energizes those who get tired, gives fresh strength to dropouts. For even young people tire and drop out, young folk in their prime stumble and fall. But those who wait upon God get fresh strength. They spread their wings and soar like eagles, They run and don’t get tired, they walk and don’t lag behind.

But those who wait upon God... that's the intervention our lives require.

Prayer:

Father, 

          Broaden our vision to be able to see You for who You are, and to live our lives in You, the God of the Universe. Your ways are so much higher than our ways, but we choose to trust You in that. Strengthen us as we wait upon You, Father. Intervene in our lives and help us to see beyond the normal scope of every day. In Jesus' Name we pray. Amen