Jan 12 - Acts 14:17

 

God has not left himself

without a witness in doing good

—giving you rains from heaven

and fruitful seasons, and

filling you with food and

your hearts with joy.

Acts 14:17

 

I’m talking to a group of youth soon. We’re talking about signs. All the big and little ways that God speaks to us on a daily basis.

 

With that talking up, I loved it when I saw this verse. “God has not left himself [nor you] without a witness.” No matter what else is going on in your life, all you have to do is look at the “rains.” Or the “fruitful seasons.” Or the fact that the world produces plentiful “food” – four pounds every day per person! Or that in spite of the sin and brokenness in this world, we keep getting glimpses of “joy.” Indeed, all and any “good” in the world testify to God’s constant goodness.

 

And these are all signs.

 

They witness to God.

 

When I ask people, “where have you seen God lately?” people generally talk about small – but hugely ever-present – signs that keep assuring them that God is there.

 

So where have you seen God lately? In hope? In creativity? In rainbows? In music? In a peacefilled assurance that comes in the midst of a whispered prayer? In a mother’s comforting hug? (I mean, even if your mom has been gone for a dozen years, can you still almost smell the cookies she’d make?)

 

Where have you seen God lately?

 

In Christ’s Love,

a guy who sees signs of

God in simple, courageous

acts of forgiveness