Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among you. Joshua 3:5 I was scared to death. As an adult leader at youth camp, there was an unwritten rule, “Don’t chicken out!” As I stood on the top of a 50 foot telephone pole, I wondered who wrote that rule and why couldn’t it be broken just this once? I knew I was strapped in, I knew others had gone before me and had successfully, in other words safely, made it back to the ground. But what if the rope didn’t hold? What if the zip line which was supposed to give me a thrilling ride was good for 5,000,000 zips and that was the last person? I stood on the brink of chickening out. But I was saved by an amazing thought.
“What will everyone say if I don’t do it?” I learned that the only stronger than my fear was my pride. So I took the leap and the zip down the mountain began. It was awesome! For about a 1 second I felt my body weight pull me down as if I would fall forever. Then came that magic moment where gravity stops and secure harnessing takes over. I loved it! And when it was done, I wanted to do it again.\n\u003cbr\>\n\n\u003cbr\>\nYou’ve had an experience like that – thrilling, scary, terrifying and absolutely wonderful! Maybe it was a big roller coaster, a solo, or your first job. Whatever it is, it teaches us something important in life – those things which are the most fun usually start off the scariest. It’s amazing to do something you didn’t know you could do or even suspected you might not be able to do. And it’s exactly God’s plan for your life.Joshua stood on the edge of a land promised to the people of Israel. A land they would have to fight for and possess and it was scary. Yet Joshua knew the way God worked when he said, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among you.” It’s what HE does! Amazing things through us and for us are God’s specialty. But it requires a leap of faith on our parts. So go ahead and leap. But believe God will do something great in you and through you when you do. And if you get a chance to do the zip line, take it! Don’t be a chicken (like me!).
“What will everyone say if I don’t do it?” I learned that the only stronger than my fear was my pride. So I took the leap and the zip down the mountain began. It was awesome! For about a 1 second I felt my body weight pull me down as if I would fall forever. Then came that magic moment where gravity stops and secure harnessing takes over. I loved it! And when it was done, I wanted to do it again. You’ve had an experience like that – thrilling, scary, terrifying and absolutely wonderful! Maybe it was a big roller coaster, a solo, or your first job. Whatever it is, it teaches us something important in life – those things which are the most fun usually start off the scariest. It’s amazing to do something you didn’t know you could do or even suspected you might not be able to do. And it’s exactly God’s plan for your life. Joshua stood on the edge of a land promised to the people of Israel. A land they would have to fight for and possess and it was scary. Yet Joshua knew the way God worked when he said, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among you.” It’s what HE does! Amazing things through us and for us are God’s specialty. But it requires a leap of faith on our parts. So go ahead and leap. But believe God will do something great in you and through you when you do. And if you get a chance to do the zip line, take it! Don’t be a chicken (like me!).
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