Rich writes:
I was listening to the BBC World Service this week. Fresh protests in Egypt, upheaval in Syria and Yemen, the Eurozone debt crisis. I hadn't listened to an international (rather than domestic) news bulletin for a while, and it brought home to me the magnitude of the events taking place at the moment.
I was reminded of how a wave builds before it breaks. If the build up is slow enough it's possible to miss it, unless you pause to feel the water moving. It's once it breaks that it becomes impossible to ignore. At that point you ideally need to be up and surfing already!
What do I mean? There have been a lot of prophecies about 'a coming wave' over the last few years. This video here, of someone surfing a huge wave, gives an idea of what this is about. A hugely powerful and potentially destructive wall of water, which for those who are ready provides the ride of their life!
When the wave breaks, I want to be dependent enough on Jesus, and rooted enough in an (outward-focused) community, that that I can surf, not swim (and let along sink!). Sitting on the beach just isn't an option.
