Stormy weather zipped through my area one morning this week. The weather team on TV had predicted a 20% chance of rain, no big deal. But the cold front didn’t listen to the news last night, I guess.
It came barreling down. The sky darkened to almost a solar eclipse quality. A huge flash lit the living room with a white glow, followed within a second by a rolling crack of thunder. BOOM!
And my whole apartment complex lost power for a few minutes. Then everything came back on…except for my desktop computer unit. Ugh. The monitor, printer, and lamp on my desk were fine. But the CPU would not turn back on. And I work from home.
I dug out an old, ten-year-old tablet and between it and my phone, I was able to conduct business. It took holy patience, mind you, and quite a few breathed prayers! Finally that evening, my favorite techno-geek (AKA my son) arrived. After a few minutes of diagnostic head scratching he figured out the problem. The lightning zapped the surge protector and the one outlet where the computer cord prong plugged in had received the brunt of the shock. He replugged the cord into the surge protector and all was well. My CPU hummed again.
So, why am I telling you this? It occurred to me that this was a prime example of how the Holy Spirit works in our lives. When we are plugged into His presence, gifted through the Father, and proclaimed by the Son, then we have protection against the zaps of the evil one in our lives.
Zaps are inevitable. They are part of living in a temporal world broken by sin. They can be disturbing, scary, and at times greatly disrupt our lives.
But through confessed faith in Jesus as our Savior, His Holy Spirit comes to dwell with us and in us. We have a God-given surge protector to minimize the shock of what happens to us here on earth. In fact, it may be that He absorbs more than we realize, which is why we need to stay plugged in through prayer, Bible study, and fellowship with other faithful believers walking in the Word.
Because we never know when lightning will strike next!
I always enjoy posts…hope all is well with you!
Gayla Slaugenhop
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