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It was raining cats and dogs that night.
Thunder.
Lightening.
Darkness.
Storming.
All of the toys were thought to be in Bonnie’s room safe and dry.
After a quick conversation, it was discovered that RC, a remote controlled car, was missing.
He wasn’t inside, which meant he was probably all by himself outside in the storm.
Oh no.
He was left outside in the rain and the thunder and the lightening.
The toys rushed to look outside.
There he was.
Struggling.
Exhausted.
Drenched.
Scared.
He was caught up in a stream of water flowing down the side of the street.
The current was too strong for him to get out of.
He was about to be washed away.
The toys jumped into action.
They opened the window.
Woody jumped on Slinky’s back.
They stretched and stretched and stretched some more.
They were within inches of RC.
Losing his grip, RC thought it was over.
His tires were losing grip.
His battery was dying.
He had given it all he had.
Just as he was giving up, Woody grabbed him by the fender and snatched him up to safety.
They rescued him.
I see the parallel.
It doesn’t matter who you are, where you were born, how many Benjamins you have in the bank, how many degrees you have hanging on the wall or who’s in your network, there’s a storm with your name on it.
It gets dark and we can’t see our way.
When it rains, it pours.
Thunder shakes the foundation of our lives.
Lightening cracks our skies.
We all get caught in storms.
Relationship storms.
Financial storms.
Educational storms.
Social storms.
Racist storms.
Classicist storms.
Career storms.
Emotional storms.
Health storms.
Bigger than those.
Spiritual storms.
There are times when we say like Ella Fitzgerald and the Ink Spots, “Into each life some rain must fall.
But too much is falling in mine.”
There are storms, but worse than that are streams of opposition.
It’s bad enough to be caught in a horrific storm.
Then you have to deal with streams of opposition.
You have to fight against the current to survive.
Sin is the biggest opposition in your life.
Over confidence in the flesh or self is the second biggest opposition in your life.
Frenemies, people you thought were in your corner but really aren’t, are the third biggest opposition in your life.
Storms and streams of opposition.
Mary J. Blige once said, “You can look at my palm and see the storm coming.
Read the book of my life and see I've overcome it.”
Though the storms keep on raging in my life.
And sometimes it’s hard to tell the night from day.
Still that hope that lies within is reassured.
As I keep my eyes on that distant shore.
I know He’ll lead me safely to that blessed place He has prepared.
But if the storms don’t cease.
And if the wind keeps on blowing, in my life.
My soul has been anchored in the Lord.
But thank God Jesus looked around heaven and didn’t see our names on “The List.”
He looked out of heavens window and saw us caught up in the storms of life and struggling in the streams of opposition.
He jumped in a borrowed body.
Came through Mary’s virgin womb.
Became Joseph’s stepson.
Dwelt among us.
Taught us.
Corrected us.
Lead us.
Healed us.
Delivered us.
Prepared us.
Lifted us.
Most importantly, He LOVED us so He could SAVE US!
He saved us from sin.
He saved us from streams of opposition.
Hallelujah!
He came to our rescue.
Snatched us by the heart and lifted us up.
Safe!
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.
Blessed be God.
Not I’m blessed.
It’s different.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
In this sense, Paul is saying God is worthy to be praised.
He rescued me from my storms, my sins and streams of opposition.
He deserves to be praised.
But hold on.
He’s not just saying we should bless God, he’s in the very act of blessing God.
As he’s writing this statement, he’s blessing the God.
We have to move from discussing how much we should bless God to demonstrating how much we bless God.
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