It's a snow day here in Hudson, and I wonder if children all over town needed to have access to every bit of information that went into the deciding of a snow day? Did they agonize over not knowing whether or not there would be school tomorrow? Did they demand more evidence that it was actually an official snow day before they went outside to play?
Or were the mere spoken words "snow day" enough to be a source of joy for them?
In God's Word, He speaks promises to us. Promises of release from captivity, of deliverance from bondage. He speaks words of freedom and undeserved love freely given. He speaks promises of providing and promises of staying by our side. He speaks words of forgiveness and eternal adoption.
These words of God are far, far better than the words "snow day".
Maybe it's time we started to have the faith of a child once again. The faith that doesn't demand more signs and wonders and information from God. The faith that doesn't question His goodness and is not disappointed in Him. But the faith that hears the simple words of God and finds in them sufficient reason to be joyful in today.
God's Word is sufficient. He has not chosen all to speak to us all we want to know, but in His Word He tells us all we need to know: In Jesus Christ we have forgiveness, life, and salvation.
And in that, there is profound joy.
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