Notes from Norman

Evidence of God's Presence

Sometimes I find it hard to feel a sense of personal relationship with God because he is unseen. Intellectually I know the relationship exists.

Let's suppose I see the tracks of a wild animal in the woods – say a deer, a wildcat or some other animal who does not readily expose himself to human sight. My sighting of the tracks convinces me of two things: (1) The animal exists, and (2) the same animal has been in close promixty to my position.

So it is with God. I see the evidence of his presence even though I can't perceive him through any of my senses. Sometimes I don't even feel his presence. Nevertheless, I am given enough evidence to make my faith reasonable.

God's involvement in my life from birth until now is apparent to me. I'm a child of the depression, and my parents did not own a crib when I was born. On the first night of my life, they placed me on a pillow and put the pillow on a chair by the side of their bed. I must have slipped off the pillow. They woke up and I was sliding off. What woke them? My crying of course.

Why was I crying. I had no previous exeprience to indicate that I might be in danger. I’ve been told that babies have a fear of falling – the only fear they are born with. Who placed that fear within me? God was present in my life on the very first night and so it has been throughout my life.

I have been preserved in a magnificent way. I believe that God has taken care of my wants, so that I might be involved in significant ministry. I don’t always measure up to my opportunity. Nevertheless I am confident of his presence and his purpose and I am grateful for it.

posted by Norman @ 3:39 PM