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The Jack in us
A man named Jack was walking along a
steep cliff one day when he
accidentally got too close to the edge and
fell. On the way down he grabbed
a branch, which temporarily stopped his
fall. He looked down and to his
horror saw that the canyon fell straight down
for more than a thousand feet.
He couldn't hang onto the branch forever, and
there was no way for him to
climb up the steep wall of the cliff. So Jack
began yelling for help, hoping
that someone passing by would hear him and
lower a rope or something.
HELP! HELP! Is anyone up there? ! "HELP!"
He yelled for a long time, but
no one heard him. He was about to give up
when he heard a voice.
"Jack, Jack. Can you hear me?"
"Yes, yes! I can hear you. I'm down here!"
"I can see you, Jack. Are you all right?"
"Yes, but who are you, and where are you?
"I am the Lord, Jack. I'm everywhere."
"The Lord? You mean, GOD?"
"That's Me."
"God, please help me! I promise if, you'll
get me down from here, I'll stop
sinning. I'll be a really good person. I'll
serve You for the rest of my life."
"Easy on the promises, Jack. Let's get you
off from there; then! we can
talk. Now, here's what I want you to do.
Listen carefully."
"I'll do anything, Lord. Just tell me what to do."
"Okay. Let go of the branch."
"What?"
"I said, let go of the branch. Just trust
Me. Let go."
There was a long silence.
Finally Jack yelled,
"HELP! HELP! IS ANYONE
ELSE UP THERE?"
Have you ever felt like Jack? We say that we
want to know the will of God,
but when we find out what it is, we can't
handle it. Sounds too scary, too
difficult. We decide to look elsewhere.
When He says, "Let go of the things that
stand between you and Me, and trust
Me with your life," it sounds pretty scary.
But when we let go, we find
freedom and safety in His hands."
since 11/9/2001
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