Fire Drill!
This morning a few minutes after arriving home from taking my daughter to school...I heard the familiar sound of the schools fire alarm...I watched out the back window of our home, as all the teachers and students filed out of the school to their predetermined locations in the field behind our house. I could recognize the teachers from my daughter's kindergarten class, and knew that among all the kids dressed in bright colors, my daughter was there...learning what to do in the event of a true emergency.
As I stood there and watched, until they all gradually went back inside...I thought about a couple things.
1. I was thankful that today's alarm was just a drill, a practice, there was no fire, no true emergency...my kiddo is safe!
2. I felt gratitude to all the teachers and staff who work so hard to prepare our young children for a true emergency if/when they have one.
3. I thought about life. Every thing we do, everywhere we go, the good times and the bad, and how we even as adults could learn much from these kids who are practicing how they will react when the emergency comes.
We never know what today holds, or how tomorrow will go. We can however work today, to be prepared and ready for whatever life may bring.
How? How do we prepare and get ready for something that is unknown?
We cannot place our trust and hope in this world, in money, in our job, in the roof above our heads, in the food we've packed into our pantry, or friends and family we love and depend on daily. All of these things are great, and wonderful...but we must realize that all of these things can fail...they can run out, wear out, disappear, or leave us wanting...Only God, the creator of Heaven and Earth...the one who formed the stars, and knows the number of hairs on our head...He and He alone can be our everything.
When we come to the place of trusting Him completely, of making Him the source for all we need...the things of this life, the good and the bad, the known and the unknown, past, present and future, will not shake us, will not wear us down, or knock us out. We will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, bringing forth fruit in it's season, our leaves will not wither, and whatever we do will prosper. (Psalm 1:3) We will mount up with wings like eagles, we will run and not grow weary, we will walk and not faint. (Isaiah 40:31)
Today, right now, this is the time to get ready, to be prepared...to start working on a growing, and vibrant relationship with Jesus Christ. Let's dig our roots down deep into God's Word, so that when the storms of life come, we will be planted so deeply in Him, nothing can move or shake us!
