Gleanings From The Word
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A Scary Slide
This morning, I remembered a scene I had witnessed this
past summer while walking Genni in the park. A father and a small boy were
playing and had gone over to the slide. The slide must have seemed enormous
to the boy, but it wasn't as tall as the father.
I had the impression that the son had been asking to go on
the slide for a while from the tone of the father's "Okay, go ahead"
The son squealed "yes", took the first step up the ladder,
stepped back and said, "It's too big."
"I'll be right here with you son"
Up he went again, checking after every step that his
father was still right there with him. When he reached to top, he cried,
"It's too far down. I'm scared!"
His father reassured him that he would catch him on the
way down, walked to the front of the slide and caught him.
"I want to go again daddy!"
The scene played out the same way several times before the
boy said "I can do it by myself now daddy." He went up and down several times
by himself before I passed them and couldn't see anymore.
I think a similar scene plays out in our hearts when God
calls us to do something. We want to be obedient, but fear prevents us from
taking that first step. Sometimes we manage to take the first step but get
frightened and stop in the middle of the process.
If we just trust in His presence and power, He'll see us
through it every time and before long we have confidence in our new found
ability.
Trust in the LORD with all
your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways
acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV
Trust in the LORD forever,
for the LORD, the LORD, is the Rock eternal. Isaiah
26:4 NIV
The situation might seem uncomfortable or unfamiliar to
us. The task might seem daunting, but obedience is an offering the Lord
prizes highly.
As the words to the old hymn say "Trust and obey, for
there's no other way to be happy in Jesus than to trust and obey."
He won't leave you to do the task alone. He'll equip you
for whatever He calls you to do.
May the God of peace, who
through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our
Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything
good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him,
through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Hebrews 13:20-21 NIV
Until next time, may you take those first (or next) steps
of obedience to His call upon your life. He's walking right there beside you.
Be blessed
Hallelu Yah (Praise God)!
Kevin
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Savior, you are a saint
Fear the LORD, you his
saints, for those who fear him lack nothing.
Psalm 34:9 NIV
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