The Cause

Today's air pollution has many causes.

High flying Saharan dust blown north, added to our own traffic pollution and assorted extras all combine to deliver a potentially deadly cocktail. Some vulnerable people may be adversely affected, and many of us may find our eyes stinging. In past generations, we might not have known what was the cause of such sore eyes. At least these days we may have a better idea.

As we look around us, we can see many complex situations, where it is difficult to discover the underlying causes for the changes we observe. 

Identifying underlying causes is difficult, and it is usually easier to blame someone else, whether they are politicians or head teachers or the person in the Post Office.

When we ask those questions of the positive changes we see in the lives of people who are learning to trust God, we may find a more obvious cause. The Prophet Isaiah throws light on the way God works. 

“The rain and snow come down from the heavens
    and stay on the ground to water the earth.
They cause the grain to grow,
    producing seed for the farmer
    and bread for the hungry.It is the same with my word.
    I send it out, and it always produces fruit.
It will accomplish all I want it to,    and it will prosper everywhere I send it.' (Isaiah 55.10-11)

As we watch new growth in the trees and flowers around us, we know perfectly well that unless there is water, there can be no growth. So it is with the way God works. Again and again, somehow God manages to get his Word and his words into people's lives, and we begin to trust what God says. People discover that they are loved and precious, and that God has good purposes for them, and life change starts to happen.

I am so thankful that ultimately, The Cause for all that is good and hopeful in my life comes from the God who made the Universe and who made me! He can be trusted with everything I am and have. Knowing that brings peace and purpose to all I am.

Best wishes,

Richard