Didn't Know It!

DIDN’T KNOW IT!…The Bible begins with many stories that reveal how present God is in the lives of mankind. I suppose it’s a natural starting point in the book about God to show us how to observe Him in the ebb and flow of our days. Here’s how God first taught Jacob…
“He (Jacob) took one of the stones there, set it under his head and lay down to sleep. And he dreamed. A stairway was set on the ground and it reached all the way to the sky; angels of God were going up and going down on it…Jacob woke up from his sleep. He said, God is in this place, truly. And I didn’t even know it.” Gen. 28:12,17
I like this story for several reasons. It seems that Jacob really needed to shut off the stimuli of a day’s activity before he could initially observe the presence of God. We too need to learn the value of ‘shutting out the daily noise’. But the thing I like most about Jacob’s story is his admission at the end, that God was present and he didn’t even know it. It’s a great day when we make that first discovery that God is attentive and present far more than we ever realized. After that we start looking for Him more. And to our wondrous surprise, we find Him more. We realize He is doing a great many things in our lives and watching over us morning till night. It’s a comforting discovery. May this be a year where you have many moments where you actually observe the presence of God walking in and through your life, hovering over you like Jacob’s ladder. Fact is, it’s been happening all your life, you just DIDN’T KNOW IT! ~verlon