Winter is coming. Sure it is December already, but we have not seen the nasty part of winter yet. This means a new wave of seasonal depression is on the horizon. I see it every year. Yet every year those who struggle with it seem to be caught off guard, as if they forget they have been hit with the wave every other year about this time.
Now, I am no physiologist, but there is something I have found to be true: THE WINTER CAN BE ENDURED WITH MUCH GREATER SUCCESS IF YOU PREPARE FOR ITS ARRIVAL. This past Sunday I proposed a challenge to my congregants—we looked at the passage about how Jesus turned the water to wine. Then we looked at another passage where Jesus says that his followers will be able to do greater miracles than He was doing.
We saw how Jesus was turning one substance into another. On the cross he did a far greater miracle, he turned death into life. This Christmas season we can participate in a far greater miracle than turning one substance into another, we can give life.
For example, to be certain, turning dollar bills into an iPod is bound to put a smile on a kid’s face, which is a small miracle in itself. But to invest into that kid and give him life, that would be a far greater miracle.
My challenge is quite simple: Make room for God. If you make room for God in your life and participate in the things he is up to, you will participate in far greater of a miracle than you have ever seen before.
So how does this tie into preparing for winter? Simply this: Make room for God in your daily life and you will be on the fast track to seeing a miracle this winter season, you will see God’s presence in the cold, blustery days. Now I make no claim to some magic formula, nor do I suggest you will be able to avoid winter all together… or even at all. I just believe that if your prepare each day by making room for God in your life, the winter will miraculously take on a whole new look.
12-06-2006 |