ASLC Devotions -- Tuesday

 Psalm 104:9 You set a boundary that the waters may not pass,
   so that they might not again cover the earth. 

In the ancient world the natural world was seen as divine. All of nature and parts of nature. The sun was worshiped. The moon was worshiped. The rivers were worshiped. Most of these things were worshiped because they were scary and threatening. The belief was that we worship them so they won't hurt us. Offer sacrifices to the ocean god to keep the ocean from killing us. Makes sense really.

The genius of our faith heritage is that we worship one God, one God who loves us and cares for us. Our one God is so powerful that God can hold back all the other things that once were thought of as scary gods. God holds back the waters so they can't hurt us again.  

Now, we don't worry so much about the water and the sun and the moon. But we worry about the oil spills and the terrorists, we worry about hunger and mortgage payments.  If God can hold back the waters, then surely God can hold back your scary things as well.

In Christ,
Pastor Seth

Join us for Holden Evening Prayer tomorrow evening at the home of Dutch and Carole Graesser. 7 pm at 18 Willow Bay in South Barrington.