Thoughts for another day

June 11, 2013.

Today's verse: Jer. 14:22. Can any idols of the nations bring rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Is it not you, O LORD our God? We set our hope on you, for it is you who do all this. (NRSV – copy. ack.)

(Pls. read the above before you read further.  Thanks)

Sometimes when I’m in prayer, I hear in the distance the sound of rain, pleasant to my ears and cooling to the earth and more importantly, life to those who have life on earth.  It’s on the instance of the rains that the trees of the field bloom in all their rich green canopies full of life; and swing with the wind in an act of giving glory to God for He gives them abundant water to drink and thus sustains their lives.  All rivers, streams, ponds, springs, oceans, etc. are rejuvenated with the fresh rains and if you watch them closely, you’ll notice the joy in which they dance in delight in performing the task God has set them up for.

But who has sent the rains?  It is the LORD God Almighty by whose hand it has been sent on earth, in time and in the right quantity lest lives perish.  Year after year, across all ages, it is the LORD our God who does this for us and we bow our heads and say, ‘O LORD God, You are so faithful and so adequate, for look, across the ages, the no. of creatures has increased many fold, yet they’re not denied water; there is Your sufficiency for each one of them and it is possible only unto You our God with whom all things are possible.’   Then this thought comes to my mind that though it is the Lord who gives us the rains, there’re men who think it’s their idols to whom they perform rituals which give rains on the earth and I laugh to myself for these idols which need to be lifted up and carted around, are accorded with the great act of giving the rains!

But we know it is the Lord and we believe He will give us the rains long after one idol gives way to another for those who worship them will tire of them and make something else to be their gods.  But our LORD God will be the same.  Therefore, O God, we set our hope on You for it is You who do all these things for us, sustaining us and keeping our lives in good shape, because You love us and make us live.  Unto You shall our song of praise be and unto You alone be all the glory that can ever emanate from the mouths of men all over the world.  Amen.