See the Effects

I awoke this morning standing on the deck to a crisp breeze that was blowing in tree country. Looking at the tops of the trees, and hearing the wind that moved them something hit me. We can only see the effects of the wind, but we can't see the wind. We can hear the power, we can see the result, but we cant physically see the wind itself.

Standing there like I have so many times before, I started to think of other things and objects I have seen the wind move in my life. Wheat fields that connect by section lines on the North Dakota country side...dead tree branches creeking in the middle of a -10 below day as I stalked deer in Montana...white caps that become a force on a lake and crash into the shore with nothing visible pushing them, but the force is there behind them driving them.

I am reminded as I see the winds effects in the tops of these trees that the wind is a lot like God, and faith. We cannot see Him or faith, but we can see the effects of Him and our faith if we choose to take the time to look. I have often believed that there are no coincidences in life, that like so many people using the trite phrase " Everything happens for a reason," Godly coincidences can be all around us and meet us at our point of need if we look for them. Once we see them, it is then our choice to believe that the effects are real and embrace the unseen touch that is reaching down to us to tell us, " It is I," look and you will see that I can become visible in your life, and you can feel the effects of my leading if you make the choice to believe.

There is an empty feeling sometimes when we struggle with daily life, and we fail to see the coincidences where an unseen God is working. It is my belief that if you are seeking answers and there are signs that flash in front of you in daily life that beam brightly with coincidental truth and direction...God has done his job. Now the choice is yours, step out in faith, or don't, choose to believe, or don't, follow the effects of Godly coincidence and trust in the unseen adventure of faith he has for you...or don't.

When we base our decisions on ourselves, on our feelings, on our circumstance, we reject the only power that although unseen holds the answers. In short God has shown us, now its up to us, his job is completed, do we believe and follow, or trust in ourselves like we have so many times before only to see nothing and feel the same.

Look for the effects of the unseen, scan your daily life for Godly coincidental answers, you may find that the unseen will reveal the lighted path and lead you on the road where you were predestined to go. The same force that moves the tops of these trees can move you and me...if we allow. It's a yes...or no, but His job has been completed, we should expect nothing more.