1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:07,340 --> 00:00:10,880 Yeah . Mhm . The american 3 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:13,960 buffalo is an amazing animal . Once 4 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:16,300 roaming north America in vast herds , 5 00:00:16,830 --> 00:00:18,980 It's now primarily found on private 6 00:00:18,990 --> 00:00:21,690 farms and smaller populations on 7 00:00:21,690 --> 00:00:24,780 protected federal land . This £2,000 8 00:00:24,780 --> 00:00:28,060 mammal can run nearly 35 mph . 9 00:00:28,740 --> 00:00:30,684 Pretty impressive for such a large 10 00:00:30,684 --> 00:00:32,351 animal . Maybe they should be 11 00:00:32,351 --> 00:00:34,950 considered for the NFL . But you know , 12 00:00:34,950 --> 00:00:37,700 as impressive as the buffalo is . I 13 00:00:37,700 --> 00:00:39,811 recently found two little known facts 14 00:00:39,811 --> 00:00:43,210 about them That to me are amazing and I 15 00:00:43,210 --> 00:00:45,210 think they have application for our 16 00:00:45,210 --> 00:00:47,310 lives today . The first is this , 17 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:50,040 living on the western plains can be 18 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:52,520 brutal , especially when the cold 19 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:55,680 winter storms roll in . The buffalo has 20 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:57,736 a unique way of handling the storm . 21 00:00:58,100 --> 00:00:59,989 Instead of huddling up like their 22 00:00:59,989 --> 00:01:02,610 cousin , the cow , they face the storm 23 00:01:02,790 --> 00:01:05,290 and walk straight into it . They've 24 00:01:05,290 --> 00:01:07,401 learned that this is the quickest way 25 00:01:07,401 --> 00:01:09,790 to get through it . I think some of the 26 00:01:09,790 --> 00:01:11,800 application can be found in an old 27 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:14,350 testament book tobacco in Chapter three . 28 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:17,760 Though the fig tree should not blossom , 29 00:01:18,140 --> 00:01:20,570 nor the fruit beyond the vines , the 30 00:01:20,580 --> 00:01:22,800 produce of the olive fail and the 31 00:01:22,810 --> 00:01:25,270 fields yield no food . The flock be cut 32 00:01:25,270 --> 00:01:27,326 off from the fold and there'll be no 33 00:01:27,326 --> 00:01:30,660 herd in the stalls yet . I will rejoice 34 00:01:30,670 --> 00:01:33,270 in the Lord . I will take joy in the 35 00:01:33,270 --> 00:01:36,710 God of my salvation . God . The Lord is 36 00:01:36,710 --> 00:01:39,300 my strength . He makes my feet like the 37 00:01:39,310 --> 00:01:42,060 deer . He makes me tread on my high 38 00:01:42,060 --> 00:01:45,260 places when storms of life come our way 39 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:48,760 face the storm , head straight into it 40 00:01:49,340 --> 00:01:52,130 knowing that God is our strength and 41 00:01:52,130 --> 00:01:54,352 that's not a nice way of just saying to 42 00:01:54,352 --> 00:01:56,940 it up and drive on . I think it's truly 43 00:01:56,940 --> 00:01:59,510 the best way to get through it . The 44 00:01:59,510 --> 00:02:01,730 second fact about the buffalo is this 45 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:04,520 when in danger , the buffalo has this 46 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:06,890 ability to shift the hump on its back 47 00:02:06,890 --> 00:02:09,410 and secrete an oil through their skin 48 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:12,510 when a predator attacks the claws and 49 00:02:12,510 --> 00:02:15,780 the teeth slip off the oily skin . What 50 00:02:15,780 --> 00:02:18,140 a great defense ! I think the 51 00:02:18,140 --> 00:02:20,307 application for this is found in psalm 52 00:02:20,307 --> 00:02:23,200 92 verse 10 and it describes a similar 53 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:26,540 protection from the Holy Spirit , but 54 00:02:26,540 --> 00:02:29,030 you have exalted my horn like that of 55 00:02:29,030 --> 00:02:31,990 the wild ox or the buffalo . You have 56 00:02:31,990 --> 00:02:35,670 poured over me fresh oil in the bible , 57 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:38,070 anointing with oil usually refers to 58 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:40,480 the protection or covering of the Holy 59 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:42,990 Spirit . Let me encourage you today to 60 00:02:42,990 --> 00:02:45,560 be a little more like a buffalo face 61 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:48,340 the storm and sink the covering of the 62 00:02:48,340 --> 00:02:50,250 Holy Spirit Peace .