We drove to the country the other day. We arrived at our favorite spot – it’s an A-frame display home, and around the back is a walk-out porch that gives you the feeling of living in a treehouse. And this particular treehouse is completely engulfed in forest – you can’t see anything but trees all around you – all shapes and varieties, and you can tell they’ve been there a long, long time.
The trees we were surrounded with were old – someone who knows more about trees could probably give me an idea of the age, but suffice it to say they have been here long before we have been. Their roots run deep into the earth, and their branches provide shelter for the birds. As the leaves rustle in the breeze, no one can ignore their presence. As the wind moves the enormous trunks they become a formidable force in nature, and we take notice (anyone who has had a large tree fall into their yard knows this).
Yet, for my husband and I, there was something very calming about the trees that day in the country. We had recently gone through some significant change in our lives, and it did us good to be surrounded by trees. Why is that? I believe God provides reminders in nature that we are not alone – and there is a stability and endurance in the natural world no one can deny. He’s placed everyone and everything here for a reason. He’s placed these giant graceful objects in our path for us to notice. Trees are not ‘doing’ anything and yet amazingly they are being used by God.
Have you met people who affect you in this way – it’s not in the ‘doing’ but in their being, that you sense God’s purpose? Maybe you are that person to someone else. Remember that as you lead in worship this weekend.
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