Monday Morning Manna: So Simple, It’s Profound

The sign attracted my attention. It was so simple, yet so profound. It bypassed theory and landed on reality. “You know it’s cold outside” the sign read, “when you go outside, and it’s cold.” It reminded me of a weather forecast I heard on a Brownwood, Texas radio station during my college days, “The low tonight will be near tomorrow” said the weatherman. Simplicity is often overlooked in favor of more sophisticated expressions. Some days, we just need simple truth. This one comes to mind: You’ll know God is faithful when you get into the midst of a crisis and find that God is faithful. Joshua learned that truth over and over and said so in his final address to Israel, “You know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one thing has failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spoke concerning you. All have come to pass for you; not one word of them has failed” (Joshua 23:14). What has God promised you this week? Whatever it is, you can count on it to be true. As my grandfather would have said, “You can take that to the bank.” In other words, God’s word is trustworthy. So next time you think it is cold outside, and you go outside and find it is cold, remember, when God claims to be faithful, and you get into a tough situation, you will discover that He is. Simple. Profound.

Dr. Dan Crawford, Senior Professor at Southwestern Baptist Seminary, is the WestCoast Baptist Association’s Spiritual Life & Leadership Mentor. Follow Dan on Twitter @DrDanRC and Facebook www.facebook.com/dan.crawford.