MM Meditation - Look to the Sky!

My son called from outside a few nights ago,

"Mom, come out here now!

Look at the sky!"

Immediately I thought of the little ditty,

"Red at night, sailors' delight.

Red in morning, sailors take warning."

Even in Bible times, people knew this simple way to forecast weather.

In fact, the Lord Jesus used this little ditty

to chastise the unbelievers of the day.

Matthew 16:

1 Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came,

and testing Him asked that He would show them a sign from heaven.

 

2 He answered and said to them, “When it is evening you say,

‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red’;

 

3 and in the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today,

for the sky is red and threatening.’ Hypocrites!

You know how to discern the face of the sky,

but you cannot discern the signs of the times.

 

4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign,

and no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.”

And He left them and departed.

They refused to believe the prophetic "signs" from John the Baptist.

They watched Old Testament prophecies fulfilled before their very eyes

 by the Messiah but still wouldn't believe.

The Lord still asks us only to believe.

Hebrews 11:6
But without faith it is impossible to please Him,

for he who comes to God must believe that He is,

and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

We look to the sky,

but not for signs

but for His soon return.

As we watch,

we

walk

and

wait

in faith.

Look to the sky...

Revelation 22:20

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!