The Free Fall

There is a story of a man that my father once used in a sermon. As the story goes, a man decided to climb a great mountain, but wanted glory only for himself, so he went alone.

         Night began to fall, and the man was not too far from the top when he lost his footing and began to quickly descend into the cold dark night. As he was free falling, his life flashed behind his eyes--good parts and bad—when suddenly he was stopped in mid-air by the rope tied to his waist.

         At that moment, he did the only thing he could think of, he cried out to God for help. God answered saying “What would you like me to do?”

         “Save me, God!” the man replied.

         “Do you really think I can save you?”

         “Of course I believe you can.”

         “Then cut the rope tied to your waist.”

         There was a moment of silence, and then the man decided he would rather cling to his rope than to trust in God to save him. The next morning, the man was found dead and frozen to death, his body hanging from his rope, hands held tightly to it.

         He was only 10 feet from the ground.

         What rope are you clinging to? What is it that you are hanging on to so tightly that inhibits you from what God has to offer? Trusting God means giving something up that we think is the best thing for us—because we release it in the faith that He has something even greater for us. Are you prepared to cut your safety rope?

-Philos,
Lacey