Electric Fences

Electric Fences

I grew up out in the sticks where electric fences were a way of life.  Getting shocked was not an “if” but a “when”…. and in my case, “how often”.

Every year my dad purchased 2 day old calves.  When both were fattened up ~ one went into our freezer for the winter’s meat and the other went to the sale-barn auction to pay for the next 2 calves. 

I remember that dad would acclimate the calves to their new home, the watering trough, the feed bin…. and the electric fence.

He would nudge each of them over against the fence and allow them to experience the electricity bite that went along with getting too close to the forbidden boundary. 

It only took once and they had no desire to check out the greener pastures on the other side of the fence. 

I have never “seen” the power of the electric fence but I have experienced it.  When I was about 12 years old, I was chasing a rabbit and fell into the electric fence ~ allowing the fence the opportunity to zap me 3 or 4 times before I regained my footing and removed myself from the “enlightening” experience.  

So thanks to the experience of an electric fence, I was able to believe and respect something I could not see or fully understand.  

“Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see.”  Hebrews 11:1 NLT

Your faith will become “real” and personal as you experience it. 

“You love him even though you have never seen him. Though you do not see him now, you trust him; and you rejoice with a glorious, inexpressible joy. The reward for trusting him will be the salvation of your souls.”                         1 Peter 1:8-9 NLT

This week I counseled a wonderful Christian woman that is addressing some very real life issues that has pushed her to the deep end of the pool and as I pointed her back to our living and powerful Savior ~ her face lit up ~ and as her faith increased ~ her burden’s became “manageable”. 

Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.”

Matthew 11:28-30 NLT

The power of the risen Savior will be experienced as you claim His eternal promises in His written Word. 

You can trust His promises ~ it is His nature to keep them. 

The power of the risen Savior will be seen in changed lives.