RAINBOWS

RAINBOWS

Something occurred to me today about rainbows as I read the story of Noah.  Every day when we are outside, we see nature, trees, grass, animals, flowers, etc.  Not often do we yell at the family, “HEY come outside and look at this tree in the front yard!”  We only call everybody to something they don’t see every day, like a rainbow.  I have even called family before when I see a beautiful rainbow, and I will ask, “Do you see that rainbow outside?”  WHY is it that we make such a big deal about a rainbow? 

I am amazed everytime I read God’s WORD because it doesn’t matter how many times I have read it, there is ALWAYS something new to gleam from it.  Today, my readings led me through a few stories; the story of Noah from the Old Testament and the stories of Jesus’s arrival on earth as a baby and John the Baptist from the New Testament.  And the WORDS that kept replaying in my mind, came from Genesis 8:21 Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from childhood.  And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.  I have read this over and over today.  I even wrote it in my phone notes so I can recall it, because this is one of those statements that makes your heart kind beat faster, more intensely.  It’s a TRUTH that you cannot deny.  If a spouse or friend made this comment to you as a person, “ Hey ____________, every inclination of your heart is evil!”  You would probably want to punch them in the face.  Nobody wants to be known as a person with an evil heart. 

What does this have to do with Rainbows?  EVERYTHING!  I chose RAINBOWS as my WORD from GOD’s WORD to be my WORD for the day.  That’s a mouthful or sentence full.  Because the word RAINBOW is MY promise!  YOUR PROMISE!  Genesis 9:13 I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.  You see, no matter what ANY of us do, we were born with an evil heart, BUT at the moment of this RAINBOW promise, NONE of that mattered anymore.  Because this promise would illuminate the skies forever as a promise written across the sky, that God will NOT destroy us, just because we are evil…..He is giving us an opportunity to OBEY Him.  His RAINBOWS are invitations to each and every one of us to OBEY Him during the storms of life and we will receive a RAINBOW when it stops raining. 

Let me rewind to Genesis 6:9 Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time.  You see Noah was the one God CHOSE to receive the rainbow promise because of his righteousness even during a very sinful period of time.  And then let’s fast forward to during the flood, Genesis 8:1 God remembered Noah….WOW!  Can you imagine being the chosen one to LIVE during a flood that drowned EVERYBODY but you and your family?  Noah was remembered because he did everything God asked of him. 

RAINBOWS are promises to each of us, if we OBEY God’s WORD.  Those rainbows will come in different wrappings, they represent blessings.  BUT the cool thing is, every time we see one for REAL in the sky, it can be a reminder that even though our hearts our naturally evil, we have a Great BIG GOD that makes RAINBOWS anyway, as a promise to save us from ourselves, if we allow Him complete control of our lives, the good, the bad, the ugly and the STORMS. 

I pray you experience a RAINBOW in your life soon!  And when you do, please SHARE it with others.

HUGS. SMJ.