Down Gilead Lane, Season 10 | Episode 8
RANCH BLESSING
Season Description
Been left wondering what happened to Mr. Key’s house? Who’s moving in? And who are all those new people in town? This is where you’ll find out the answers to all of those questions and more! It’s Season Ten of the hit family radio drama, Down Gilead Lane. This season is packed with extended scenes and lots of great adventure from your favorite town and your favorite characters.
Today’s Story
Ranch Blessing
Mike’s “geared up” with all his
gadgets for his trip to help out at Uncle Tommy’s ranch. But when he gets there, he finds the
pace of life a little different than he expected. How will Mike do without all the
noise?
How about
you…
Do you
have regular times in your life when you turn off the gadgets and the noise and
just spend time in silence? How
does it feel to think about doing that?
Check this
out…
The Bible has a lot to say about
noise—and not all of it is bad. We
are instructed to praise God by making a joyful noise! But in most places, there are very noisy
scenes depicted in a negative way.
Like in Psalm 46, picture this scene:
though the earth give
way
and the mountains fall into the
heart of the sea,
though its
waters roar and foam
and the mountains
quake with their surging.
Seems pretty
noisy and pretty scary too, huh?
Well, the rest of that Psalm is talking about how in the middle of all
that noise, God is here to provide a place of quiet and
rest:
There is a river whose streams make
glad the city of
the holy place where the Most High dwells.
God is within her, she will
not fall;
God will help her at break of
day.
Nations are in uproar,
kingdoms fall;
he lifts his voice, the
earth melts.
The LORD Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our
fortress.
Our God is described here as a
FORTRESS where His dearly loved children can go to escape the noise and the
scary situations of life. So, what
do we have to do to get to this place of protection? Look at how the psalmist ends this
Psalm:
"Be still, and know
that I am God;
I will be exalted among
the nations,
I will be exalted in the
earth."
The LORD
Almighty is with us
That’s the answer; we don’t have to do anything, or go anywhere. We just need to quiet our spirits, or our surroundings, so that we can recognize the truth: that He is who He says He is and He is WITH US!