World of Goo

2 Kings 3:17, 18

For this is what the LORD says: You will see neither wind nor rain, yet this valley will be filled with water, and you, your cattle and your other animals will drink. This is an easy thing in the eyes of the LORD; he will also hand Moab over to you.

I am no physics person. I don’t think I can even define or describe what it is actually. But when Tris bought the World of Goo App, I easily got hooked and embraced physics as my new best bud, hahaha. The puzzle’s objective is to get a number of goo balls, create a structure, and move them towards the pipe exit. Easy concept except that the goos are restless and each level just keeps reinventing itself.  There’s always a surprise twist with a million and one possibilities. No wonder it was hailed as MetaCritic’s iPad Game of the Year. And to think it took off Tris’ gaze from Wings of Prey, this really is something :>

But unlike those goos, there is One who does more than reinvent a wondrous thing. He is not limited to using cues from one previous level and have add ons for the next. Being the sole Creator, He alone can make something out of nothing.  In this page of history, we read of God doing another impossible thing, again defying all science, logic and time. Trapped in the desert of Edom with no water, three armies were marching closer to death than their supposedly attack to Moab. In humble desperation, they sought the help of Elisha and submitted to the Lord’s instruction. The next day, waters came flowing and filled the valley from God-knows-where. They neither saw wind to collect vapor or rain to do its pouring work. Amazing? God called it easy! Overwhelming? Nah, He’s not done yet. The same water He used to keep them alive (and their animals too!), brought death to their common enemy. God caused Moab to think the water’s reflection was blood from the kings’ quarrel and so they decided to rush desertward for some great spoil. All that’s left for Israel to do was wait for their coming and prepare for the win.

We’re all goos trying to outsmart life with eyes on that exit pipe. We exhaust all known skills and master each level in the hope that it will make the next one a lot easier. We wish! But the game of life is not played by becoming better. It is won by trusting in the One who knows better. There’s no obstacle that surprises Him, nothing to make Him say ‘Woew, that’s hard’. His strategies are out-of-the box, not even from the help menu. Watch Him take your game and it will wow you to cheer. Believe that although there’s no wind or rain to mark that help is coming, it is coming! It’s an easy thing for Him to quench your thirst. And when He does, expect an overflow. But when He does, He expects your overflowing praise!