Do you trust me?

I was watching a video the other day that addressed the issue of faith.  In the video, the woman was challenged to trust Jesus.  Jesus asked her to allow herself to fall backwards and trust that he would catch her.  The woman hesitated but ended up allowing herself to fall back and of course, Jesus caught her.  Then, Jesus asked her to face him and allow herself to fall back.  Now granted, there was no one on the other side to catch her so the woman was fearful and told Jesus that she couldn’t do it.  Jesus asked her “do you trust me?” She responded with “Jesus, if I fall back, I’ll get hurt.  There’s no one there to catch me.” So she walked away from Jesus and didn’t follow thru with his request.

 

 

 

Can you relate to this story?  How many times have you been faced with challenges in life that aren’t clear?  You simply can’t see a resolution.  You know that you have to trust in God but you can’t rationalize your way through the problem so you doubt.  Many times, we need to be able to visualize the end result, or draft our own plan in order to follow through with something, but that’s not really having faith.  The bible describes faith as follows:  “Now faith is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses].” (Hebrews 11:1, Amplified)

 

Now I’m not pretending that this is easy because it’s not.  However, we have to work with the faith we have.  Romans 12:3 says:  “God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.” Start with the faith you have and ask God to increase your faith.  As you grow in your spiritual walk and take steps towards developing your faith, God will increase your faith so that you can depend more on him.  I pray that we all get to the point in where we are able to face Jesus, fall back, and know with certainty that Jesus will create a way and not let us fall.