rainbows..........

it rained alot this week in my province. we are in the midst of a drought and it seems to have been broken by the rain we had. this rainbow greeted me when i stepped out my backdoor on Wednesday morning on the way to work. it was perfect. it made me think. south africa is known as the Rainbow nation - we have people of all different colours and creeds here. and i do think most of us try to get along. God gave us the rainbow after the big flood as a covenant - a promise that He will not destroy the earth again through water. He says in Genesis 9:11 "I solemnly promise never to send another flood to kill ALL living things and destroy the earth" v13 "I have placed My rainbow in the clouds. It is the sign of my PERMANENT promise to you and to all the earth" v14 & 15 " When I send clouds over the earth, the rainbow will be seen in the clouds, and I will remember my covenant with you ( Noah) and everything that lives. Never again will there be a flood that will destroy ALL life." God is not human and therefor not fallible. if He says He will not destroy ALL life with a flood, He cannot go back on His word. He cannot go against His nature, for He is without sin. we, on the other hand, have a SINFUL nature, and we have to constantly let it die with Christ on the cross. it is the hardest thing for me to let go of some of my pet sins. i cherish them. today i asked the Holy Spirit to enter my life again. people believe what they SEE better than what they HEAR. looking at the rainbow, it made me realise that all over again. when God tells us in His word that He loves us, and He sent His ONLY Son to die on a cross so that we may live, we read it and we hear it. but because we do not see it and have visible proof of it, we struggle to really BELIEVE it. when it is as dry as it has been the past 9 months, it is very hard to BELIEVE that God really cares and that He wants to bless us - we just have so many things between Him and us, the there is sometimes no PLACE for His blessings in our lives - so when a rainbow suddenly adorns the skyline, and it is IN MY FACE, i can do many things, but i can't really ignore it. i think of Katrina and all the other floods and i wonder why we all get into such a tiff. we live in a GODLESS world - the world has written God off, and it is the battle of the Church in it's purest form - i am not talking about all the PEOPLE who give God a bad name, i am talking about the true Church, people who really follow Christ and try and be faithful to His commandments - to try and let people turn from their wicked ways and come back to Christ, so that they might know where they will end up one day. i heard somewhere that everyone fears death. no one can escape it. it is like taxes - it is a certainty. do you KNOW for certain where you will end up when you die? are you willing to take the gamble and NOT believe and committ yourself? it is really hard work. it is not for sissies. but it is so worth it. it does not guarantee an easy life. in fact, sometimes i feel it is so hard that i want to quit!! BUT, the prize makes me push on, like Paul said. push on, my friend. God loves you and He has a place prepared just for YOU! Just take that step and re-committ or committ. you have everything to gain, and nothing to lose.