The skies are blanketed by clouds this morning – I feel almost a sense of claustrophobia – of being closed in – closed off – I miss the blue sky!

Even a sky full of rain clouds often allows me glimmers of the blue sky as they scurry across – but today – the sky is heavy.

It seems as though a blanket has been thrown over the blue – hiding it from my sight and I want to throw if off – to gaze at the open heavens that I know are beyond.

The ‘open heavens’ give me a totally different perspective. I no longer feel ‘closed in’ or ‘closed off’ – I can see beyond – my soul reaches upwards – it’s as though my whole horizon expands – I feel uplifted – inspired – energised – in a way I struggle to feel when the sky is so heavy and my sight limited.

There are times in life when it’s as though the ‘heavens are closed’ – when all we can see is a blanket of clouds – when all seems grey – and we long to see ‘beyond’.

It can seem as though God has disappeared – we cannot ‘see’ Him – we long for a break in the clouds – to see His light – to sense and feel His touch.

Clouds may hide the ‘open sky’

Faith believes ‘the open sky’ is there!

A few years ago I came across a Christian song artist ( Dallas Holm ) and find so many of his songs speak into our daily experiences.

One of the songs he sings is ‘If all I ever knew’ and the words go like this

Believing in the things you cannot see
Is hard sometimes but it’s the way for me;
‘Cause things I saw began to fall
And slowly fade away;
But things the Lord has shown to me
Are in my heart to stay.

So if all I ever knew is what He told me,
If all I ever saw is what He showed me,
I’d be content to realize He knows me;
And all I’d want to do is live for Him.

Faith is made of things you cannot see,
Things that in my heart I know must be;
To put my faith in things above
Is all that I can do;
In Heaven’s hope and Jesus’ love
The things I know are true.

We’re called to live a life of faith and so many times we have to ‘believe in the things we cannot see’

We long to see beyond those ‘clouds’ –  we cry to God – to ‘open the heavens’ and He promises to do so.

God is always there – the ‘clouds’ may obstruct our view at certain times in our lives – but we need to hold onto  our faith – and wait for those clouds to part – allowing us to see Him more clearly once again.

He has made a way! – and not just for us in our own personal situations – but for all in our world.

Let’s make the words of this song by Darlene Zschech our prayer today –

We call upon Your name
Humble
Ourselves and pray
Move in our hearts
Move in our land
Every nation
Tribe and tongue
Will proclaim Your Kingdom come