He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. Psalm 91:4
My hubby is putting new siding on our house. We watch the weather so we can cover the unfinished portion if rain comes. Of course, we live in Nebraska. That means…7% chance rain brings a downpour and 50% brings sunshine (that really happened – in one day).
One night the downpour came and I ran out to help manhandle the tarp. The wind blew it out like a sail and it was difficult to manage, but I held on tight while hubby nailed it in place. The next morning we discovered wet carpet where water had seeped in due to a downspout pouring against the house.
Life demanded a pause and there wasn’t much we could do.
Out came the furniture, up came the carpeting and in came the fans. Hubby used the wet vac to pull out as much water as possible, then we propped up the padding and carpeting and let the fans do the rest. We slept on our mattress on the living room floor until the carpet was dry and we had time to relocate back into our bedroom. If we had ignored the wet carpets, then eventually mold would have set in and we would have bigger trouble than wet floors.
The same can be true spiritually. If we don’t pause life when storms create messes in our life and take our messes to God, we might end up with spiritual mold. We can be working away on our assigned task from God when storms hit. We baton down the hatches best we can, but storms have a way of oozing in and making a mess anyway. If we ignore the warnings and barrel through we might end up with burnout, deeper struggles, or ruined efforts.
The best response when storms strike, is to pause and find some whitespace in our life. A place to allow hidden troubles time to surface so we can take them to God. Then He can help us with the mess left behind by the storm. Have you ever had to hit the pause button?
