Faith Leaping (Part 4)

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Length of Shower: something like 40 days and 40 nights --Continuing the series on Leaps of Faith, this is the final section, Part 4.

Landing and Looking

Ok, we’ve leaped.  Now what?  Well, let’s look around.  What opportunities do we see?  What doors has God opened for us? 

Think about the scene in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, when he takes that literal “Leap of Faith.”  He is standing on the edge of a bottomless chasm and needs to get to the other side.  He looks around for any other possible way, but there is none.  Right before he turns to go back, he closes his eyes, holds his heart , and whispers, “I believe.”  Then he takes a large and confident step forward into the chasm.  Amazingly, he lands on solid rock!  Yes, rock where there seemed to be air.  After he lands, the camera moves and we get to see the logical explanation for the optical illusion that there was nothing there.  We can then see how Indiana can get across.  It is one of my favorite scenes in all of film.

That’s the point, right?  It is not until AFTER we leap that God can catch us; and THEN we are shown our new path.  “God’s word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.” (Psalms 119:105)  The word there is lamp -- not a beaming flood light that shows us the entire journey, but just a lamp to show us one or two steps at a time.  One or two steps until it’s time to stare into the darkness and the unknown and take our next Leap of Faith.