God is funny sometimes. He likes to speak to us all the
time. Sometimes He speaks to us by giving us pictures like this one:
God is reaching out to us, asking us if we will come with
Him on a grand adventure that will take us from the comfort of our balcony to
who knows where! It could be walmart, it could be your neighbor’s house, it
could be the local shopping mall, it could be some distant land like the Middle
East, or some remote island. What God is looking for is our willingness to say
“yes” to being His hands and feet, to stop for someone who is struggling and
give them a word of encouragement. Are we willing to lay aside our busy
schedule and heed the voice of the Spirit that beckons us to come away to
listen to Him and follow?
The bottom-line question that God is asking His people
through His Word is:
Do you trust Me?
There are those who sit on their balcony, enjoying the view
of the city from afar, while sitting in the comfort of knowing their feet are
on solid ground. There are those who “test the waters” by walking the railing
beam, having a half-sense of security below them on one side, and the open city
below them on the other side. Then there are the ones who dare to say “He can
keep me from falling” and they journey across the tightrope, arms stretched
wide, though they are no tightrope ninja by any means. They are the ones who
can see the whole view of the city below them. They trust that if they fall, He
will catch them, and they even have the guts to believe that He will keep them
from falling.
“What comes into our minds when we think about God is the
most important thing about us.”
― A.W. Tozer
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