Anticipating the unexplainable by John Fischer |
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"Click your heels together three times and say, 'There's no place like home' and you'll be there."
 Marti would have loved to have made this magic work last Sunday when we were seven driving hours away from home, especially when she dislikes driving so much. But is magic the only way to break the spell reality holds over us? Why is the Holy Spirit a spirit if there isn't something "magical" about Him?
Jesus expressed "magical" powers when He was here on earth. Changing water to wine, walking on water, making fish suddenly appear on the other side of the boat, and ushering Him and the disciples immediately to the other side of the lake were ways in which He demonstrated His power over the natural elements of life - things we think of as concrete realities. Jesus broke the rules. Why would we not think He could do it again in our lives today? Was He just playing around with His power when He did these things, or was He telling us something about what our lives can be like, and what He wants to do for us?
Pixie dust, magic slippers, the yellow brick road ... we all love a good fairy tale and every fairy tale has some magic in it. We respond to these stories because our lives bog down in harsh realities and repetitious boredom. Our feet are firmly planted on the ground. Life is heavy and sluggish. We all need some magic in our lives - something that takes us beyond the explainable, and something that takes us beyond ourselves. Raise your hand if you think you're experiencing all that God has for you ... I thought so.
Why do we have all these fairy tales if there isn't some truth to what they seek? If God had meant for all of life to be explainable, why would He have dealt so often in the unexplainable, and if He did, why wouldn't He have some unexplainable things to do in our lives right now, today? What is the Holy Spirit longing to do in your life today? A lot more than we let Him I fear.
My feet are much too heavy. I stay put and find comfort in sameness. Marti is constantly quivering with anticipation of the supernatural. She is waiting to be swept up. She tried to fly once when she was a child, but broke her collarbone instead. Would she try it again? In a heartbeat, if she wasn't tethered to me.
Here's something I do know: the fairy tales are only make believe; the Holy Spirit is real. That's information we should do something about.
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John Fischer
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