Tuesday, September 12, 2000
Tuesday, September 12, 2000
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may
abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
By then, the earthquake was going full tilt, so to speak, and the street was full of people. One
young mother, Joe's next-door neighbor, had a toddler under each arm and a terrified look on her
face. She staggered up to him and cried out, "Joe YOU'RE a geologist! For god's sake, DO
something!"
Well, poor Joe was in a bind. He may have studied earthquakes, but he had no power to actually
prevent one or stop one after it was started.
The Bible is unequivocal. It says to us that Christ has power over both life and death. Will you
allow his power to work through your life?
(Romans 15:13
NRSV)
There is an amusing story about an Army mineralogist who happened to be stationed in
Anchorage in 1964 when that year's great earthquake hit. Joe was in his bathroom, and his first
inkling of trouble came when the water in his toilet suddenly shot up seven feet and splashed all
over the ceiling. Joe didn't have to think very long about the implications of this before running
out of his house into the street.
God of power, show me the way to allow your power to work through me. Amen.
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