Life Coaching: Thunder and Whispers

By His Spirit He adorned the heavens; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent. Indeed these are the mere edges of His ways, And how small a whisper we hear of Him! But the thunder of His power who can understand?

Job 26:13-14

I want to experience more of God, don’t you? We see the majesty of creation and witness the deliverance of his love, but this is just a mere fraction of who God really is. That’s hard to fathom.

I have made it a point in my life to try to discover God, especially the last 15 years. The years prior to that, I ran away a lot. I discovered my way wasn’t doing me or the world any good, so I changed direction. My way only brought disconnect and brokenness. It did nothing to enhance my own life, much less the lives of others.

What about you? What’s your story? How have you viewed God as less than perfect. In what ways have you diminished His power? How have you shared in the fellowship of His suffering? These are not easy questions, and I’m not gonna ask you to bare your soul here on the Internet for all to see. No, I’m gonna ask you to ponder these questions and come up with your own conclusions—Private conclusions between you and God, the Maker of this Universe and all other universes, the Holy One of Israel, the Aleph and the Tav, The Beginning and the End…THAT ONE. Who is He to you?

I am very good at believing God will move on YOUR behalf. I struggle with believing He’s gonna move on MINE! Even though He’s snatched me from harms way time after time again, I still doubt. I still waver. And I still sin. Unfortunately, this fate is the human condition and we won’t be delivered from it until the day we die.

Even though we cannot begin to understand God’s power, we can appreciate it. We can rest in it. And we can depend on it. I don’t know how many angels move on my behalf on a daily basis, but I’m thankful for those big fellows. I often imagine my guardian angel) doing many face palms during the day, because I am sure I keep the big guy on his toes! We have no idea of the spiritual weapons we have at our disposal, and it would probably frighten us half to death if we DID know. All we need to know is that God has power of which we know know nothing. And when He speaks, mountains move. When He hears our desperate cries, circumstances change. When He sees the enemy trying to defeat us, the earth trembles. That’s enough for me.