JOHN
Good Morning! I’m John Branning, Lead Pastor of Central United Methodist Church. I read a story not long ago about a man who slipped and fell off a cliff while hiking on a mountaintop. Luckily, he was able to grab a branch on his way down, and as he held on for dear life, he looked down and saw that he was several hundred feet from the ground.
When he looked up, he saw that he was twenty feet from the top where he had slipped, and he began to cry out for help. Help! Help! Is anybody up there? Help! A booming voice from heaven said, “I am here, and I will rescue you if you believe in me.” I believe! I believe! The young man yelled back. “If you believe me, let go of the branch, and then I will save you.” The young man looked down again. Seeing the rock valley below, he quickly looked back up and shouted, “Is there anybody else up there?”
How true it is that trust is a word easier said than lived out. Yet, God is always calling upon us to trust him in the most difficult of situations. I guess we have got to learn to just let go of the branch, don’t we?
REFLECTIONS #17
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