Faith On The Bridge
Ξ March 5th, 2007 | → Comments Off | ∇ Christian Living, Growing In The Lord, New Christians |
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Have you seen a film on what soldiers go through in their training? The
obstacle course looks very difficult to finish. You know what I mean.
There’s always a picture of guys trying to jump, hop or whatever you
call it, in tires. Some make it. Some land on their noses. Then there’s
the wall. It appears to be too tall to climb but soldiers get over it by
jumping up, grabbing hold and slinging themselves over it. A pipe wide
enough for a person to crawl through, a creek to swim in, smoke, weapons
fire. All of these things are part of their training.
One more thing that I can remember seeing is the rope bridge. Have you
ever been on one? Have you seen them? They are held together by ropes,
hence "rope bridge". Some have wood planks running crossways so that you
can walk on them, also held together by ropes. Some have a rope across
the bottom and then ropes joined to that one. So you walk ON the bottom
rope, holding the other ropes. Obviously, this is something one would do
single file. To say the least, it is a tad precarious. It sways a good
deal when the wind is blowing or some total…….un-nice person wiggles
the ropes.
I walked (the word walked may be a slight overstatement) across one
once. Never again unless absolutely necessary!! Some people actually
think those things are fun. Not me. I hated it. I was scared. All I
could do was look DOWN. EEEEK!! My fear was that I would fall to the
creek below. It was a LONG way down.
Thing is, I had someone at the other end of the bridge telling me to
just look at them, not look down, and I would be fine since the rope
bridge had been there for years. This isn’t always a confidence booster
because then you think that the ropes are not as good as they once were
since it’s so old. On the other hand, the person at the other end was
someone I trusted so I finally listened. At that point, my eyes were on
that person as I swayed and walked to the other side. I made it!!
Believe me, I was grateful to find out that I did not have to go back
the way I came. The rope bridge was an attraction but there was another
way for older folks and handicapped folks or those who just did not see
a need to put their lives in danger.
God reminded me of this rope bridge a couple of days ago. He said that
the lesson there is that if you will simply keep your eyes on the other
side of the bridge, on the person encouraging you, instead of looking
down at the peril, then you will come out just fine. In the same way, if
you will keep your eyes on the Lord, the Person at the other end,
instead of always seeing the problems and troubles of your life, you
will come out just fine as well. What a lesson that was!!
Seek God and His kingdom first. Hold onto the Lord with all of
your might and strength. When your strength is gone,
hold onto Him some more. God is there for you. Jesus is
there for you. All they ask of you is that you accept Jesus as God’s Son
and your Savior. When you do that, you become part of the family of the
Lord. Keeping you eyes on Him will brighten your day, show you His
world, give you visions and dreams of what He has in store for you. It
will be grand!
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