Job 37:3 He unleashes his lightning beneath the whole heaven and sends it to the ends of the earth.
Last night we had thunderstorms roll across the state, bringing much-needed rain. I thought about the power within lightning and how it represents a connection between heaven and earth. A little research told me that a lightning bolt travels at 100,000 miles per hour and has temperatures approaching 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit, which is hot enought to turn soil into glass (about five times hotter than the surface of the sun!). But the most interesting fact I saw was the electrical relationship between the lightning bolt and the ground. Most lightning starts with a negatively charged "leader" stroke that moves from sky to ground. That is followed by a positively charged "return" stroke. The leader stroke creates a conducting path between the cloud and the ground and the return stroke comes back up from the ground, following that path.
It reminded me that God's intense energy expressed toward us through the love and life of His Son, the greatest "leader stroke" of all time has created a return path that is charged and ready for us to follow on our "return stroke" to a relationship with Him. I hope from now on that I'll be reminded of the intensity of God's love for us when I see lightning. The boom of thunder created by the superheated air, expanding rapidly, is like the voice of God declaring His fervent love and reclaiming His creation.
Job 37:4 After that comes the sound of his roar;
he thunders with his majestic voice.
When his voice resounds,
he holds nothing back.
he thunders with his majestic voice.
When his voice resounds,
he holds nothing back.
blessings,
Rob Smith
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