Several weeks ago I spent a few hours babysitting the daughter of a friend of mine. She had one mission for the day - to leave her little fingerprints on every inch of the Montgomery Zoo. We got in the car and made our way to the zoo by way of a couple of errands. We had expected the sun to be shiny and warm but gray clouds covered the sky. The tiniest rain drops covered my windshield in a single light haze just before the wipers cleared them away. For a few moments there was nothing but the sound of those windshield wipers. Then from the backseat I heard, "we CAN go to the zoo, my dad said that it wasn't going to rain." It was so sweet. Never mind the gray clouds, never mind the windshield wipers, never mind the actual rain drops, her dad had said it wasn't going to rain and that meant no rain.
Proverbs 22:17-21 tells us that we should and can have that same certainty about the truth that our Heavenly Father has spoken to us. Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise, And apply your mind to my knowledge; For it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, That they may be ready on your lips. So that your trust may be in the LORD, I have taught you today, even you. Have I not written to you excellent things of counsels and knowledge, to make you know the certainty of the words of truth that you may correctly answer him who sent you?
Never mind the feelings of hurt and disappointment that rise up when we feel like God has forgotten us. Never mind the fear and worry we face when right seems wrong and wrong seems right. Never mind what seems so clear and convincing right before our face. His Word Is Truth. That alone is the reality of a believer. Perception is not reality; it is just awfully loud. Ours eyes and ears will fail us. Our hearts and minds will misunderstand; but God's Word is truth.
Do you see rain drops today? But, What has your Father said? Are your windshield wipers working overtime? But, What has your Father said?
Would you like to know the best part of our zoo day? We did it completely dry.
