Awesome Power

Ice Along the Chilnualna Falls Trail
Originally uploaded by Sierra Sunrise

Rockfall broken free by ice

On Christmas Eve we went for a hike on the Chilnualna Falls trail--my favorite trail in Yosemite Park. As we neared the top of the trail, we were almost blinded by the sun sparkling off the mountain. The rocks were adorned with ice like a Christmas tree covered with tinsel.

While this is a very beautiful sight, it is this winter ice that gets into cracks in the rocks and causes great slabs to fall off the mountain. There is great power hidden in the ice.

We also, as believers, have a great power available to us in the Holy Spirit. Paul wrote to Timothy: “For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline. .” (2 Timothy 1:7 NIV)

Pray that we will walk in the power of the Holy Spirit and not work in our own human weakness.