"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.
----Regina L. Stillman
(http://hometown.aol.com/n2majesty/myhomepage/index.html)
