I took a shower today during a small, far-off thunder storm. Our electricity must have gone out for only 2 seconds about five or six times while I was in there! Each teasing occurrence jolted me into “hurry-up-and-get-the-soap-off!!!” mode, only to realize soon after that the black-out was really just a blink. Washing my hair was the most nerve-wracking. I lathered up and rinsed it out as fast as possible. Sure enough, as soon as I was done, the lights went off for keeps. “Thank GOODness,” I thought as I stepped onto the bath mat, laughing at the thought of myself walking around with a head half covered in suds. I opened the window to let some steam out, and noticed the difference between the brightness of our yard and the darkness of the bathroom. For a split second I thought, “Hey, the lights didn’t turn off out there!”
That’s when I started thinking… DUH! Of course the lights didn’t turn off outside! In fact, God’s creation never malfunctions. I can’t think of even one way the cycle of life on earth–vegetable, animal, or mineral–could fail. Sure, there are some rough edges in the weather pattern, but is that a flaw? No. It’s just part of how God designed the precipitation to fall. Sure, animals (and humans, or that matter) kill other animals, and devour plants, but is that a flaw? No, it’s part of the food chain, and it’s part of how God planned the synergy here on earth. When a snag happens, when a mistake is made, it’s because a human interfered.
Psalm 18:30 says, “As for God, His way is perfect: the word of the LORD is proven, He is a shield to all those that trust in Him.” Knowing this, shouldn’t it be easy to trust in Him?
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