Faith--is the Pierless Bridge Supporting what We see Unto the Scene that We do not." -- Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
One day when a man was skiing in Colorado, he saw some
people wearing red vests with the words BLIND SKIER.
He thought, "I have a hard enough time skiing with two good
eyes, how can they ski successfully with none?" The
answer was - they had a guide whose instructions they
totally trusted and followed! As the guide skied beside
them,
he'd tap his ski poles together and assure them he was
there. Then he'd say, "Go right! Turn left! Stop! Slow!
Skier
coming up on your right!"
What a picture. Life is like skiing downhill blind. We can't
see even 5 seconds into the future. We can't see the
struggles to come or all the other skiers who might run into
us, or over us. And those fears are heightened when we
recall how often we've been blindsided by circumstances we
didn't see coming. Humanly speaking it leaves the
strongest of us feeling vulnerable. And that's when we must
place our confidence in the God who never changes and
never fails. Here's what He has to say to you today: "I will
lead the blind by ways they have not known, along
unfamiliar paths. I will guide them; I will turn the
darkness into light before them and make the rough places
smooth.
These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them" (Is
42:16 N1V).
What is it that gets you through the unfamiliar
places, the dark places, and the rough places in life? Faith
and trust in God's Word .. In God's rock-solid promise: "I
will guide [you]... I will not forsake ...As with "trust,"
faith involves a concept of future events or outcomes. His
assurance is all you need! We can say, "Scio Cui Credidi"
..the words -- taken from the first letter of Paul to
Timothy
-- meaning "I know him in whom I have believed."
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