This weekend I was again reminded of the power of the water. As I watched a river destroy a city that I love, I was simply heartbroken. To see the Grand Ole Opry under water, the Country Music Hall of Fame covered in 6ft of flood water, Opry Mills, oh how I love Opry Mills...buildings and vehicles floating on currents like we would see sticks or leaves floating on normal a day.
This is not the first time I've been amazed by the power of water. Five months after Hurricane Katrina I was part of a mission team that visited the Biloxi, Mississippi area. As we drove through Biloxi and Bay St. Louis I was in awe. It was horribly amazing. I saw a casino boat that had been lifted and sat atop a hotel, a multiple story hotel. I saw a water tower that had simply been thrown from it's base several hundred yards away. I saw foundations where multi-million dollar ocean view homes were now replaced with FEMA trailers.
Then I think of how I feel sitting by a rolling creek, reading by the ocean, or floating a lake in my kayak.
Water is so peaceful and so powerful. Water is so cleansing and so destructive.
We use water as the symbol of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit can sweep through a city and destroy the darkness in it's path. Sometimes He destroys the things we hold dear because the will of the Father is beyond our understanding. The Spirit will flood and carry away the junk and garbage that we often store in our heart. How often has the Spirit taken something so large in our lives and simply sat something bigger and better directly on top? Haven't we all had our house shaken by the Spirit and found ourselves rebuilding on a simple foundation?
The Holy Spirit is so peaceful and so powerful. The Holy Spirit is so cleansing and so destructive.
My prayer for you today is that the Holy Spirit would destroy those things in your life that are ready to be carried away by His power and He would leave you clean and at peace.
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