On Thin Ice?
Theme of the Week: Who Can You Trust?
Patrick Morley
Monday, October 25, 2004
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Key Bible Verse: "Look! I am placing a foundation stone in Jerusalem. It is firm … tested and … safe to build on" (Isaiah 28:16). Bonus Reading: Psalm 46:1–11
A professor of mine once told the story of a man hiking on a cold winter day. He came to a river that appeared to be frozen over. Since he was unfamiliar with the area, he didn't know how thick the ice was. Naturally, he was afraid of walking out and falling through. So he got down on his stomach and slowly inched his way out onto the ice.
When he'd crawled near the middle of the river, the air began to tremble as he heard a rumbling sound drawing closer and closer. Suddenly a wagon with four horses at a full gallop shot over the crest of the riverbank, thundered across the river, then disappeared over the crest on the other side. And there he was, lying on the ice, feeling foolish.
It's difficult to trust something we don't know much about. The man lying on the ice had difficulty trusting the ice because he didn't know much about the river. But he was no fool. What would have been foolish would have been to walk up to an unfamiliar frozen river and confidently walk out on it.
In the same way, it would be odd to trust an unfamiliar God we haven't properly understood.
—Patrick Morley in Coming Back to God
My Response: What does my confidence level say about how close I am to God?
Adapted from Coming Back to God (Zondervan, 2001) by permission.
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