Day 79: Trust in God, Trust in God, Trust in God
Read: Proverbs 3:5 - 6
There are many things in life that any one of us would wisely consider
to be absolutely impossible to do. There are many things in life that
are wisely and legally considered to be not just impossible but
extraordinarily dangerous too. Attempting such daredevil things will
absolutely get you arrested and thrown in jail and heavily fined. It is
not that the law enforcement needs a silly reason to put somebody into
jail.
They do it to save the daredevils life, their own lives
and the lives of anyone who would be placed at great risk to stop them,
rescue them or fish them out of the river provided they could ever find
them when the Falls was done with them. Yes my friends, these are the
'would be', 'wannabe' daredevils going over Niagara Falls. People cannot
help but test their limits.
Yet, when I went home about three
months ago, I was flabbergasted at what the local and national news
channels were devoting so much attention to. Nik Wallenda, the 7th
generation scion of the Flying Wallendas circus troupe, was going to
slowly walk 1,800 feet — six football fields — from the U.S. to Canada,
200 feet above the roiling Niagara River - ON A TIGHTROPE with NO NET
underneath him!
"This is something no one in the world has
ever done,'' he said after presenting his passport to a Canadian
immigration officer. "Even though I had a tether, I didn't have to use
it.'' Incredible, even though he had a life line, even though he had a
tether, he did not have to use it.
So what about his tether?
What about his available life line? He did not have to use it. He did
not have to trust it to work. He did not have to look back to see if it
was still there. He could not afford to look back. He had to keep his
eyes ever forward, focused on taking the next step on a slippery wet
tight rope in 14mph winds. He had to have absolute focus on the task
that was before him. What was it that he focused on?
He
repeatedly offered prayers of thanks and praise to Jesus Christ, which
were audible to the television audience via a body microphone over the
thunderous roar of the Falls. It was taking a step and 'praise the
Lord'. Taking another step and 'praising the Lord'. How many times can
one person do that walking step by step by step over 1800 feet?
This is a profound demonstration of extreme faith that I do not believe anyone of us is
likely to deliberately find themselves in - with the exception of the
soldier, sailor, marine, airman who find themselves in harms way on the
front lines of battle; never knowing when their last step will be taken
(and highest praises to God for every one of them!).
Still, if we
who are not confronted by such an extreme circumstance could put forth
but the smallest proportion of their faith, what profound difference
would it make in us?
Let us Pray: Lord, grant unto me the
kind of faith it takes to keep putting one foot in front of the other
and sing highest praises to you after each one. Help me to take baby step after baby step, walking by faith and not by sight into a newness of life with You.
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Read: Proverbs 3:5 - 6
There are many things in life that any one of us would wisely consider to be absolutely impossible to do. There are many things in life that are wisely and legally considered to be not just impossible but extraordinarily dangerous too. Attempting such daredevil things will absolutely get you arrested and thrown in jail and heavily fined. It is not that the law enforcement needs a silly reason to put somebody into jail.
They do it to save the daredevils life, their own lives and the lives of anyone who would be placed at great risk to stop them, rescue them or fish them out of the river provided they could ever find them when the Falls was done with them. Yes my friends, these are the 'would be', 'wannabe' daredevils going over Niagara Falls. People cannot help but test their limits.
Yet, when I went home about three months ago, I was flabbergasted at what the local and national news channels were devoting so much attention to. Nik Wallenda, the 7th
generation scion of the Flying Wallendas circus troupe, was going to slowly walk 1,800 feet — six football fields — from the U.S. to Canada, 200 feet above the roiling Niagara River - ON A TIGHTROPE with NO NET underneath him!
"This is something no one in the world has ever done,'' he said after presenting his passport to a Canadian immigration officer. "Even though I had a tether, I didn't have to use it.'' Incredible, even though he had a life line, even though he had a tether, he did not have to use it.
So what about his tether? What about his available life line? He did not have to use it. He did not have to trust it to work. He did not have to look back to see if it was still there. He could not afford to look back. He had to keep his eyes ever forward, focused on taking the next step on a slippery wet tight rope in 14mph winds. He had to have absolute focus on the task that was before him. What was it that he focused on?
He repeatedly offered prayers of thanks and praise to Jesus Christ, which were audible to the television audience via a body microphone over the thunderous roar of the Falls. It was taking a step and 'praise the Lord'. Taking another step and 'praising the Lord'. How many times can one person do that walking step by step by step over 1800 feet?
This is a profound demonstration of extreme faith that I do not believe anyone of us is
likely to deliberately find themselves in - with the exception of the soldier, sailor, marine, airman who find themselves in harms way on the front lines of battle; never knowing when their last step will be taken (and highest praises to God for every one of them!).
Still, if we who are not confronted by such an extreme circumstance could put forth but the smallest proportion of their faith, what profound difference would it make in us?
Let us Pray: Lord, grant unto me the kind of faith it takes to keep putting one foot in front of the other and sing highest praises to you after each one. Help me to take baby step after baby step, walking by faith and not by sight into a newness of life with You.
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Nik Wallenda Walks Over Niagara Falls On Tightrope - Complete RAW Video
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Nik Wallenda has become the first person to walk on a tightrope 1,800 feet across the
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