The largest non-glacial underground lake in the world is in Dragon’s Breath Cave in Northern Namibia. You would never guess that the location is home to this huge body of water as the lake lies beneath the Kalahari Desert. It is possible then, in the heat of the day, to be standing on the burning sand with your tongue swollen from thirst, desperate for water, and yet not realise that the world’s largest underground lake is literally beneath your feet.
On Sunday we were reminded that in the same way, we sometimes find ourselves searching for God, while not appreciating that God is in fact closer to us than we can ever imagine. And, in our Lent course on Wednesday we reflected on the way that this God who is so close to us is constantly speaking (Adam Hamilton says, ‘whispering, but not shouting’), so that if we are listening we can expect to hear from God.
What would it look like to “live as if this was true” – to enter this next week with expectant eyes and ears ready to encounter God in the experiences of everyday life?
On Sunday we were reminded that in the same way, we sometimes find ourselves searching for God, while not appreciating that God is in fact closer to us than we can ever imagine. And, in our Lent course on Wednesday we reflected on the way that this God who is so close to us is constantly speaking (Adam Hamilton says, ‘whispering, but not shouting’), so that if we are listening we can expect to hear from God.
What would it look like to “live as if this was true” – to enter this next week with expectant eyes and ears ready to encounter God in the experiences of everyday life?