I have driven down that hill at least a thousand times over the course of the twenty years that my parents lived there. It is a long, winding driveway, bordered on both sides by rolling fields. The vistas are spectacular with mountains in every direction. The only thing that mars the pastoral beauty of the scene are towering, steel power poles running up the middle of the property. Along with the poles come power lines that hang from pole to pole. A single power line branches off the main length to supply power to the neighbors on the southwest side of the property.
Last week I had been over to my parents’ home late in the afternoon to do a bit of work in the office. The sun had begun its descent in the western sky, and I drove into it as I went down the hill. My mind was on a thousand other things, and little did I know that God had a mind to take my breath away with something magnificent. As I drove out of the first curve, I looked toward the neighbor’s home, into the setting sun, and saw something I had never seen before. It literally took my breath away.
Illuminated by the sun, hundreds of unconnected spider webs hung on the power line, and waved gently in the afternoon breeze. The sight was all at once, magnificent and ethereal. I stopped my car and just watched these tiny silver slivers undulate back and forth. When I allowed my gaze to shift away from them, I looked down into the field and saw more webs blowing in the breeze. The sun’s position was just right to illuminate hundreds of them that were attached to the grass in the field.
I know this cannot be the first time these webs have been on the grass and power lines, yet it is the first time I have ever seen them illuminated in such a spectacular way. Seeing this sight reminded me that God puts beauty in unexpected places. He cares so deeply about us. He was not obligated to show me the webs that took my breath away that day, yet He did it because He loves me and wanted to delight me. It was such a lovely gift to me.
Seeing those webs that day required me to be in the right place at the right time.
I believe there are many things that God would like to show us~~beautiful things, important things~~things that will draw us closer to Him and help us trust Him more. He told us in Jeremiah 33:3 to call to Him and He would tell us great and awesome things that we do not know. Check out this verse in the Amplified Bible:
Call to Me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things, fenced in and hidden, which you do not know (do not distinguish and recognize, have knowledge of and understand).
In order for God to reveal those things to us, we have to be positioned rightly before Him. We have to come humbly to Him with clean hearts. There is no way around it~~un-confessed sin in our heart creates a distance between us and God.
I want to see and know and experience everything that God has for me while I walk the dusty sod of earth. I want my relationship with Him to be unhindered and intimate. That is why it is so important for me to take time each day to ask Him to show me anything that hinders my relationship with Him. When He does, I must ask for forgiveness for it and turn away from what He has shown me. I need to stay in the Scriptures daily so that I know His heart and His plan for me. His plan for me will NEVER be contrary to Scripture. NEVER! It is a must for me to be obedient to what I find in the Scriptures, rather than seek my own will and way.
God has promised to show and tell us things we do not know, but He will not do it if we are not walking closely with Him. Do you have eyes to see and ears to hear Him? Is your heart properly positioned before Him? If you can answer YES to both questions, then open your eyes and see the wonders He has for you.
