"And those who know your name put their trust in you,for you,
O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you."
~ Psalm 9:10 ~
Imagine, there you up…5,000 feet up in the air. The wind blowing harder than you ever thought possible, cars look like ants, people aren’t even visible…and then…you go for it! You jump out of the plane falling more than 70 miles per hour towards the ground.
The wind now blowing even harder, so hard it feels like it should be holding you up but you are still plummeting towards the earth faster and faster. Then, as the right time approaches you pull the cord. Your parachute releases and you are jerked upwards as you begin to drift towards the safety of the ground.
Recently while watching TV with my aunt this was the scene we observed. “That’s something I would never do!”, my aunt exclaimed, “me neither, I won’t even clean the gutters on the house”, I replied.
But this was something my nephew did, just a little over a year ago. I guess at 18 I probably felt pretty invincible too! He says it was one of the greatest experiences of his life.
As the sky diver you have to have gone through training for the jump, practiced while still on the ground, got to know how the equipment worked and when to use it. You have to have complete confidence and trust that the parachute is going to open when you need it to. You have to have trust that you’ll remember all that you were taught.
What a great metaphor for our life as Christians! We go through years of training on how to live the life God has prepared for us. We attend Sunday school, Confirmation, youth groups. We study the Bible, we talk with God. We listen for his direction all so we can pull that cord at the right time.
In following Christ we place total trust in Him, knowing that someone is always there to hold us and guide us to safety. As my nephew said about sky diving, living your life with and for Christ is “the greatest experience” you could imagine!
Keep up your training. Keep reading God’s word, that’s our “jump manual”, talk with God, He’s our “instructor”. Don’t be afraid to ask questions, He’s always there to help us. Then get ready…get set…and go for it! It will no doubt be the jump of your life!
~ Psalm 9:10 ~
Imagine, there you up…5,000 feet up in the air. The wind blowing harder than you ever thought possible, cars look like ants, people aren’t even visible…and then…you go for it! You jump out of the plane falling more than 70 miles per hour towards the ground.
The wind now blowing even harder, so hard it feels like it should be holding you up but you are still plummeting towards the earth faster and faster. Then, as the right time approaches you pull the cord. Your parachute releases and you are jerked upwards as you begin to drift towards the safety of the ground.
Recently while watching TV with my aunt this was the scene we observed. “That’s something I would never do!”, my aunt exclaimed, “me neither, I won’t even clean the gutters on the house”, I replied.
But this was something my nephew did, just a little over a year ago. I guess at 18 I probably felt pretty invincible too! He says it was one of the greatest experiences of his life.
As the sky diver you have to have gone through training for the jump, practiced while still on the ground, got to know how the equipment worked and when to use it. You have to have complete confidence and trust that the parachute is going to open when you need it to. You have to have trust that you’ll remember all that you were taught.
What a great metaphor for our life as Christians! We go through years of training on how to live the life God has prepared for us. We attend Sunday school, Confirmation, youth groups. We study the Bible, we talk with God. We listen for his direction all so we can pull that cord at the right time.
In following Christ we place total trust in Him, knowing that someone is always there to hold us and guide us to safety. As my nephew said about sky diving, living your life with and for Christ is “the greatest experience” you could imagine!
Keep up your training. Keep reading God’s word, that’s our “jump manual”, talk with God, He’s our “instructor”. Don’t be afraid to ask questions, He’s always there to help us. Then get ready…get set…and go for it! It will no doubt be the jump of your life!
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