Once over the holidays, the family and I traveled up to Denver, Colorado to visit Linda’s sister. The morning after we arrived, a blizzard was forecast. When I awoke early that morning, I could see no trace of snow on the ground but a few flakes were starting to fall. By nine that morning snow covered the ground and we decided we better run the store to pick up some food. By the time we returned an hour later the roads were almost impassable. By that night a foot and a half of snow surrounded the house and all major roads and the airport had been shut down. The next morning the entire city was shut down. No one could get anywhere. It reminded me of what was written in Job 37:6-7 which says, “For to the snow He says, 'Fall on the earth,' and to the downpour and the rain, 'Be strong.' He seals the hand of every man, that all men may know His work.” In spite of all our technology and skill, God was able with simple snowfall to shut down a city in less than a day. The message in a blizzard shows us what a powerful God we serve!
In Acts 20, there is the tragicomic event surrounding a young man by the name of Eutychus. He did what a lot of folks before and after him did, he fell asleep during a sermon. Unfortunately, he was setting in in the third story window at the time. So instead of nodding off and hitting the pew in front of him, he fell to his death. The good news was the apostle Paul was delivering the sermon and had the ability to bring him back. I don’t know, however, if we can judge Eutychus too harshly. The sermon had gone on till midnight. Paul wouldn’t finish it up till daybreak. That’s a long lesson. I know some folks that might want to jump out of a window if I had a lesson that long, yet these Christians wanted to be there to hear Paul. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not pushing for all night sermons but I think we might need to adopt these folks' dedication. They knew that Paul was only in town for a limited time only and they were determined to ...
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