Last night was crazy. Heavy rain and thunderstorms rocked our house. The humidity made it near impossible to sleep so I sat up and decided to watch the light show from my window. From about 11:20 the lightning flashed and I counted the seconds between the flash and the boom trying to judge the distance of the middle of the storm. At first it was the occasional bright flash in the distance with about 20 seconds between that and the thunder clap but as I sat and watched the storm drew nearer.
It was at 11:42 that I was truly in awe of the lightning. The sky lit up and in that split-second I could make out the deep dark blue of the sky against the white clouds. The nearby trees shone in a bright deep green. And only a couple of seconds after that the loudest yet of all the thunder claps blast past my ears. The sound grew over a couple of seconds and then it cut out leaving only the sound of heavy rain on the pergola outside. The sense I got of pure power enthralled me. This was nature unleashing itself, on us. And who were we to stop it?
Yes we had shelter and nice beds to cuddle up in, but the storm was still happening. The storm had the power in this situation, to fight it head on would be something only a madman would do. The power the storm held was something we couldn’t harness and use, it was raw and ruthless. So I sat and thought. I believe in God and have been a Christian for a reasonable time now but I only really started to grasp something last night. I believe my God is all-powerful, more powerful than anything I can imagine. More powerful than the storm I witnessed last night. And it hit me, if I’m in awe of a storm which is nothing compared to God, then I should be so much more in awe of the God that I worship.
It’s not often that we see God’s full power at work, but last night showed me a glimpse of it. And it was awesome.
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