Brain Storm

Technically speaking that phrase could mean any of several things. Culturally it could mean that several people have joined together to exchange ideas on how to “innovate” a solution to a given problem. By exchanging possible alternate scenarios, the process has garnered the name of “brain storming”. 

Medically it could mean that someone is experiencing transient neurological abnormalities caused by abnormal electrical activity in the brain. In short: a seizure. This brain storm might cause twitching or jerking of the limbs, hallucinations or intense feelings of fear or amnesia. If the abnormal electrical activity spreads throughout the brain, consciousness is lost and a grand mal seizure results. A storm of destruction occurs.

The Bible mentions a type of brain storm that we should practice but don’t. It’s a conditional brain storm. If you apply all your energy and innovate what might happen, letting the electrical activity in your brain arouse some intense feelings of familiarity, some ancient and primal images may storm your brain. Pause your busy life and ruminate. Consider what might be.

Job 37:14, consider God’s wonders. Psalm 107:43, consider the great love of the Lord. Ecclesiastes 7:13, Consider what God has done. James 1:2, consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.

Considering all the storms in life, maybe, just maybe, we should consider the storms sent from heaven and the storms sent from hell, and consider that those squalls are developing our perseverance—which develops maturity.

When caught in the storms of life, it is easy to think that God has lost control and that we’re at the mercy of the winds of fate. Not so. In reality, God is sovereign. Just as Jesus calmed the waves, he can calm whatever storms we may face. “He got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters; the storm subsided, and all was calm.” Luke 6:24 The Bible is a book full of “Uncommon Commentaries” when read they build our faith, when trusted they can change the course of our very lives.