The date on the calendar indicates that spring has come. We’ve already adjusted our clocks to reflect the one hour loss of time. However, the temperature has changed only ever so slightly. And I’m starting to realize that I still am not completely accustomed to Chicago weather. Have you ever felt like the spiritual blahs have lasted too long? The weather isn’t bone chilling cold any more but it still just doesn’t feel like spring. I have experienced many winters with my walk with Jesus Christ. During those seasons I may not experience any specific trial or tribulation but I find myself still distant from God. It is generally during those times that I have to reassure myself that no matter what it looks or feels like God is still interested in being in relationship with me. In fact, during those cold days and nights I depend on the Holy Spirit to bring back to my remembrance what I’ve read and know to be true about him and my situation. Isaiah 431:9 is a favorite. It reads, Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. As the sun breaks forth to make way for sun, God will deliver us from our winters. He does it in such a way that we don’t even see it coming. He brings refreshment and warmth to our dry places. Almost like Spring in Chicago, we look up one day and the cold has passed and the warmth of a new season has come. You can believe that God will do a new thing for you. Even if your newness of life didn’t spring forth in January like you hoped, know that it will come because God said so!
