On Sunday, in his sermon, our pastor Robb was talking about faith. And it reminded me of a time when we were at The Bridge and my good friend Steve Wilson was preaching. He came to me before the service began and asked if I’d help him. He was going to ask for a volunteer to fall backwards to demonstrate faith, and he wanted me to catch them. So he started his sermon and asked for a volunteer. A young man named Matt raised his hand, and Steve called him up front. He led Matt up two of the steps of the stage, stood in front of him and said, “Now I want you to fall back.”
Matt didn’t even hesitate. His knees never buckled. Stiff as a board, he began to fall backwards. And I had silently slipped into position to catch him. After the service, Steve came over to thank me for helping. He said, “Wow! That says a lot about Matt that he would just fall like that.”
To which I replied, “Steve, it says a lot about you that Matt trusted you enough to know that, even though you were in front of him, you would not let the back of his head bounce off the floor.”
So is the life of faith. I think all of us probably know someone who’s faith is worthy of emulation. We look at them and say, “Wow! That says a lot about them, that they can just trust like that!” And we wouldn’t be totally wrong. But if you said that in their hearing, they would probably reply, “I am nothing. But my faith is in the One who told me to…”
Robb mentioned that faith is only developed through intimacy. As I press into the heart of my God, as I spend time communing with Him, as I learn to hear His voice, then, when He asks me to fall backwards, I will not hesitate because I know he has my back covered.
Oh, to know God in this way!
You are a very skilled writer. Your message comes across in a very powerful way.
Thank you, sister.
That means a lot.
Shalom