| Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Deep Discipleship” Our Bible verse for today: “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all future generations: I have placed my bow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.” Genesis 9:12-13 (CSB) Our thought for today: “On the other side of the rainbow” I read a story recently about a Christian man who was a helicopter pilot for a police force. All day every day he flew a helicopter for law enforcement. One time, shortly after a heavy rainstorm, he saw a rainbow right in front of his flightpath. But it wasn’t the typical arch that we’re all used to seeing. In this case it was the full rainbow, a complete circle. The sight was so rare and so breathtakingly beautiful that the pilot flew his helicopter right through the middle of the rainbow. Then he turned around and flew back through it, and then he did it again. Chuckling like a kid enjoying himself, he just flew back and forth through the full rainbow and enjoyed the beauty and fun of it all. A rainbow is a miracle of God’s creation. Scientifically, it is an optical phenomenon caused by refraction, reflection, and dispersion of light in water droplets, resulting in a multi-colored spectrum of light appearing in the sky. But its higher purpose is as a reminder of God’s promise to bless the earth and the people of the earth. It is a sign of hope and promise, but it only appears after a storm has passed. There’s a spiritual lesson to be learned in the example of the rainbow. Life is full of storms, but our God is a God of hope and of blessings. God’s rainbow symbolizes His many promises of hope and blessings for the future – promises like Jeremiah 29:11: “For I know the plans I have for you – this is the Lord’s declaration – plans for your well-being, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.” There’s a famous Native American proverb which reminds us, “The soul would have no rainbow if the eye shed no tears.” Meaning that some joys, some blessings, are only experienced on the other side of the rainbow and we have to go through the storm in order to get to them. In yesterday’s devotional we considered Jesus’ convicting question to His disciples (and to us), “Where is your faith?” We learned there that Jesus deserves your faith and trust because He has brought you through so many storms in the past. Therefore, He can be trusted to get you through the current storm as well. For you, a storm may be raging at this moment, but storms don’t last forever. Soon they pass. They always pass. And then, the rainbow. And on the other side of the rainbow – hope and blessings. I want to encourage you this morning to trust that God has a rainbow for you. God bless, Pastor Jim (If you like what you’re reading in these daily devotionals, and if you would like more content from Oak Hill Baptist Church, join us on Sundays at 10:00, in-person if you are nearby or, if you are geographically distant or if you just can’t make it, online at www.YouTube.com/@oakhillbaptistcrossville |
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I just took a picture of a rainbow on our living room carpet. Our aunt said I could write about how God can put a rainbow anywhere He wants to. Then it turned into a double one. Was so cool.
Good word today. Thank you .
Thanks, Donna. I love rainbows.