Our God Will Answer

I rarely go for the straight doctrinal/scripture thing here. I try to be creative and spontaneous and weird... uh.. strange.... uh.... anyway....

But this hit me hard.

In two weeks we will be experiencing a Sunday night meeting called the Altar. It will happen once a month and will be a defining moment for many people's relationship with the Lord. It's worship and prayer. It's a time of personal and public surrender. We will seek the Lord while He may be found and call upon Him while He is near. We His people called by His name have chosen to humble ourselves and pray and seek His face and turn from our wicked ways so that we can hear from Heaven. And so that He will move His hand and heal our land.

While designing the logo, I thought of Elijah and the prophets of Baal. The rain had not fallen for a looooong time. There were prophets of God in the Land. There were people of God doing His work. In fact, when Elijah did the poor me thing a few chapters later, God reprimanded him for thinking that He did not have it all under control.

What struck me was the boldness of Elijah. Let's see whose God answers by fire. And once he confronted the idol worshippers in Israel, God moved and showed His power. Then the people rose up and destroyed the prophets of Baal and the idol worshippers. But then... and this is what gets me. Then the saw a cloud about the size of a man's hand. Here was this big answer of fire and suddenly, the only cloud in the sky is a little one. What a let down for the people. But then came the downpour!

I hope that things go the way God wants them to go on Sunday, October 23rd. I hope that people see, feel and sense the fire of God falling down on the altar of our hearts and burning up the idols. But I also hope that after the altar, no one gets discouraged that they only see a small cloud of change on the horizon. If there's anything we should have learned by now through the scriptures, we should see that whether it's a little cloud, five loaves, two fishes, or one surrendered heart, God can bring a flood of change through small beginnings. Our God will answer... in His own way.

"Raindrops keep falling on my head."