cavemen

That's not a picture of me, by the way!

I'm not a phone-ey guy.

Phones are not my natural sort of habitat, as they seem to be for some.

But a large part of today has been spent either on the phone or in touch with folk by e-mail.

Cave of Adullam stuff. A place where, and a person round whom, the disaffected, discontented, in distress constituency can gather again today.

To begin a better future.

If you want things to happen, then sometimes you've just got to take the plunge and go out there and ... well, make them happen.

This starts with God.

He makes things happen. Sometimes scarily so. Life is hardly dull when he's around.

When he first makes the introductory handshake, he says "Hi! I'm God and I'm a creator"

That's a pretty rough paraphrase, of course. But it gives you the drift of who he is and where he's at and what he basically does.

He makes things happen.

He lets us know what's on his mind. So we get a kind of nagging sense that something's needing done. When I run this past some folk, they too have this same nagging sense of what it is he's on about.

So, soon it's clear what it is that needs to be done. And it's then just a case of getting out there and doing it.

Risking your neck just a bit. Because if it isn't the Lord who's behind it all, the whole thing won't get off the ground.

Which will be embarassing.

But it's easier to live with that sort of tried-it-and-failed embarassment, than with the shame of not having taken the risk and tried it at all.

There is now a cave.

And mostly that's all the Lord needs.

He doesn't go in for palaces, castles or five-star-rated residences. Give him a cave and he's happy to come.

Bethlehem. Birth of Jesus. That sort of thing.

Adullam. David and the discontented crowds. That sort of thing, as well.

He's not at all demanding.

Give him a cave and he'll come.

And after that, you can pretty much leave it to him. He'll do the rest.

Out of the cave the kingdom comes.

Today, we got the cave.