Good Morning,
Here in Virginia, we have had record breaking snowfall. It has snowed back to back for two weeks, snow measuring from twenty to twenty four inches each time. We've had a total of 54-58 inches of snow. I know that you are thinking, "why is she giving us a weather report?" Well, I'd like to share some facts about snow that is natural and they are applied to our lives, making it supernatural. You know that the natural things are a reflection of the spiritual, most of the time.
When it snows like this, all forms of transportation, air and ground, can become inhibited, or stopped. Snow can make roads much harder to travel and causing vehicles to become stuck. This kind of snow storm will affect all public utilities, electricity, phone lines, and gas supply can fail sometimes. We have seen buildings, churches, homes, all kind of structures collapse under the loaded weight of the snow. On the flip side of this, schools, federal government, and work can be officially closed. While that brings a smile to the majority of us, (especially the child in all of us) it doesn't stop there. Yes, it closes churches also. We have not had a Sunday service for two weeks. We will rejoice to be in the midst of the saints again!
Job 38:22 -"Have you entered the treasuries of the snow, or have you seen the treasuries of the hail, which I have reserved for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war?" Treasuries are the storehouse, the depository. God has reserved snow for the time of trouble, why? Let's read the next verse. "Behold you desire truth in the inner being" make me therefore to know wisdom in my inmost heart. Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall [in reality] be whiter than snow." (Psalms 51:6-7)
Yes, snow washes, cleans and purifies the ground, air and the soil. So we to need the snow of the Spirit to come and stop all the busy activity (the transportation) of our lives in order to go down deeper into our inner most being and purge, purify and wash our hearts. Giving to us the much needed "quiet time" within our hearts. Troubled times, that causes all kinds of bacteria and disease of the heart, which will influence and alter our harvest time. "Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to those who send him; for he refreshes the life of his masters." (Proverbs 25:13) Our Father allows spiritual snow into our lives to refresh our lives and our souls. When there seems to be inactivity, know and believe that there is great work being done under the blanket of snow. Disease that would have tried to kill the product of our walk with God, is being covered with snow, to destroy its strength. "For as the rain and snow come down from heavens, and return not there again, but water the earth and make it bring forth and sprout, that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater. So shall My word be that goes forth out of my mouth: it shall not return void [without producing any effect, useless] but it shall accomplish that which I please and purpose, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it." (Isa.55:10-11) God's Word is working in us to produce the desired fruit, it is under the covering of snow, but soon it will sprout forth and bud into the promise. Just like a thermal insulator, snow conserves the heat of the ground (our hearts, where the seed of the Word is sown) protecting the crop from subfreezing weather (troubled times). The 'spiritual snow' is breaking down man-made 'buildings' of our making, so that we may truly be the buildings of God. Closing down all of our "official religious thoughts" to replace them with truth in the inmost being. While we are 'being still' under the snow, we are changing in order to become the most effective that we will ever be. Let it snow, (with the Word)!
Psalm 51:7
Love,
Pastor D.
Daughters of Z 