The Vault

Genesis 1 cont’d:

And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.” So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.

A vault is an arch or a roof – and God made one and called it sky.  He said it would separate water from water. 

We see beautiful lakes, rivers, streams and vast oceans that lie here on the earth and we camp by them, fish in them, picnic near them, and voyage through them, because water is an awesome thing, isn’t it?

However, above the sky, above the vault that God put into place there are storehouses of water that we depend on to fall in due season.  There are rain showers we need to water our earth.  We also depend on his “showers of blessing” to fall down upon our kids and those we love.

When our vision is completely horizontal, all we see is what’s in front of us and sometimes that is dry ground, with cracks and brown heat-stricken plants that are dying.  But up above that vault called the sky is a deluge of water flowing from His mountain that just waits to pour over us and soak us, pull us together, and cause us to green up and grow again…

Look up at the sky.  

Thank God for the separation between water up there and water down here, and seek him for that perfect balance of showers and filled streams, as you live and breathe in his presence.