This summer, my family and I were vacationing at a lake in
Michigan called Long Lake. It was fun for all of us except my mom who doesn’t
like lakes, but that’s another story.
One sunny afternoon, I was diligently working
on my tan (its harder work than you think) and reading my Bible on a lawn
chair. After awhile my dad and brothers came out, and were headed to the boat
for a ride. Being the very spiritual, godly person that I am, I left my Bible
reading and jumped in the boat with them. (I promise I finished it later.)
As we drifted
away from the dock, the wind started blowing the pages of my Bible and Pete
took note of it.
“You’re gonna
lose your place, Vange.”
“It’s God’s way
of showing me a verse He wants me to read,” I joked. “It’s special revelation.”
Sometimes people
open up their Bibles randomly and whatever verse they see first, they think
that that is the verse God has for them. Sometimes it is, but as a general
rule, that’s not the best way to hear from God. I have to admit that sometimes
I do that, but let’s pretend I don’t. Anyways…
I forgot about
it, but when I got back, I looked at my Bible and began to read to Pete the
first verse that I saw.
“And this shall
be a sign unto you, saith the Lord, that I will punish you in this place, that
ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil” (Jer.
44:29).
Pete hooted with
laughter. “Only you, Vange.”
Thankfully, the
Lord doesn’t always speak directly to us through randomly selected Bible verses
or I may not have made it back from the lake that afternoon.
