Funny how it is... On my arrival to work I was met with silence and darkness. The power outage in the village had cut off our electricity completely. You probably need to know that our school, the place I work at, is one of the wonders of technology. Well, when it works, of course. A wonderful institution, completely dependent on electrical power. But when it goes, it leaves us powerless in the double meaning of the word.
I can so clearly see the paralells to our spiritual life through this situation... We are empowered by God and sustained by Him in everything we do. We rely on His support without even thinking about it, treating it as something obvious, and the longer we are in Him, the more obvious the power is. But what happens when God permits evil? When He purposefully turns off the power of His energy, for a time? How do we react then? Is it then an act of panic on our side, losing trust and hope? Or do we still preserve the overwhelming belief that the energy Giver is there, soon lifting us up?
I know that this analogy is lacking, but good enough anyway, to make me think rationally and without panicking.
By the way - the power was back after some 20 minutes... And a period of chaos thereafter. All systems had to be restored, alarms were going off all the time, every clock had to be manually set to the right time... We still knew how to exist, and how to make all those adjustements, in order to regain our normality of existence.
It is again a good paralell to our spiritual life - if you are steadfast in God, not even the major crisis is going to destabilize you, you will still remember how to live and how to know what is essential, and you will know how to be restored to His presence.
Funny how a power outage can become a religious experience :)
I can so clearly see the paralells to our spiritual life through this situation... We are empowered by God and sustained by Him in everything we do. We rely on His support without even thinking about it, treating it as something obvious, and the longer we are in Him, the more obvious the power is. But what happens when God permits evil? When He purposefully turns off the power of His energy, for a time? How do we react then? Is it then an act of panic on our side, losing trust and hope? Or do we still preserve the overwhelming belief that the energy Giver is there, soon lifting us up?
I know that this analogy is lacking, but good enough anyway, to make me think rationally and without panicking.
By the way - the power was back after some 20 minutes... And a period of chaos thereafter. All systems had to be restored, alarms were going off all the time, every clock had to be manually set to the right time... We still knew how to exist, and how to make all those adjustements, in order to regain our normality of existence.
It is again a good paralell to our spiritual life - if you are steadfast in God, not even the major crisis is going to destabilize you, you will still remember how to live and how to know what is essential, and you will know how to be restored to His presence.
Funny how a power outage can become a religious experience :)
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