Red sky in morning...

Matthew 16:2-3

"When evening comes, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red, and in the morning, 'Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.' You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.

 

At some time in your life, you may have heard someone recite this very old saying, "Red sky at morning, shepherds warning; red sky at night, shepherds delight."

Well, you now know where it came from? 

 

I used to think the farmers were savvy from a life spent outdoors but they were just very good bible scholars!

If you had to guess how long that saying has been around, you would have to go back before the time of Jesus.

 

Ecclesiastes 1:9

What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.

 

In today’s hectic life we are so busy looking for we fail to see! We (as Christians) run from meeting to meeting, from conference to event, from evangelist to healer, looking to see the wonders of God at work but Psalm 37v7 tells us:

 

“Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him”.

 

Religious people wanted to see the show & tell of Jesus ministry but he pointed to creation,

creation that enveloped them daily, blessed them, comforted them & spoke to them in signs & wonders!

We pray for miracles, we pray to see God move in our time but as our prayers are answered to fail to see them. God has blessed us we just need to take time to acknowledge the blessings!

 

Luke 16v10 Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much

 

When the morning sun rises & the bird sings, we are blessed.

When a child plays & giggles with innocence, we are blessed.

When we stop to watch the flow& ebb of a river, we are blessed.

When the snow falls on mountain tops or the spring rains bring renewal, we are blessed!

 

I think it is so easy for people to get caught up in what the media and others believe and think about our world and yet, fail to evaluate for themselves what is really taking place. We need to perceive the world as it is a place of blessing with Gods hand upon it & not some out of control chaotic punishment. 

Jesus simply showed them then & us now that the answers we seek are waiting to be seen, the words of comfort we need to hear have already be spoken we just need to listen & that the blessing we are looking for is unfolding right before our eyes.