I was working at my Safeway job yesterday when the manager asked me to go outside and sweep up the leaves in front of the store. This task seemed simple enough, except there were wind gusts of up to 50 miles per hour. Have you ever tried to sweep up leaves when the wind was blowing in all directions? Just when I got one area clean, another gust would come and bring in more leaves. As people walked by they would laugh and say, “Give it up. Don’t you know a lost cause when you see it?”
As I stood in the chill wind trying to sweep the swirling leaves, I started to see this as a parable for life without Jesus. How many people live each day with the hopeless task of cleaning up their lives? They no sooner get one mess cleaned up, and then sin leaves another mess.
The answer, of course is simple, wait for the wind to stop and then clean up the leaves. The problem with life; however, is that sin is part of our nature and will not stop creating disasters. But there is hope for those who fear the wind and leaves.
Luke 8:24-25
They came to Jesus and woke Him up, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” And He got up and rebuked the wind and the surging waves, and they stopped, and it became calm. 25 And He said to them, “Where is your faith?” They were fearful and amazed, saying to one another, “Who then is this, that He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him?” (NASB95)
When you are ready to stop sweeping up the leaves, turn to the master of the wind, and then you will find freedom.
This article was published in Jan. 10, 2006 issue of our local paper, The Country Gazette.
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