Two-minute read.
Recently, I listened to an interview with Taya Kyle, the widow of US Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, known as the American Sniper, a military hero shot and killed at a shooting range in Texas after returning from duty. Talking about faith, she described how God told her to take the step, and He would provide the parachute. Repeatedly, she felt situations arise where she had to take the step into the unknown and trust the Lord to provide the parachute.
After several times of taking the step and God giving her the parachute, she felt she had learned the lesson and didn’t know why God kept bringing situations into her life that required her to do it again. So she asked the Lord, and heard His still small voice say, “Until it’s fun.” To me, her experience exemplifies taking steps of faith.
Every time we walk by faith, and not by sight, the Lord provides the parachute. He wants us to live dependent on Him, not independent from Him. We will never reach a point in our lives where we will know everything. But God wants us to keep moving forward, trusting Him to light the path and show us the way. And the Lord wants us to enjoy it.
Working with the owner of one of my shops, she requested “Blind Dates with God.” Wrapping books and decorating them with a tag that gives brief clues about the book, people buy them, not knowing what they will find. Since I had never done anything like this before, I hesitated but knew I must. Taking the step of faith, I learned how to wrap, decorate, and tag books, now available in my shops. The first full day in her store, I sold six copies, almost the entire stock I had put out. And I had fun doing it, once I got over my initial anxiety and took the step.
Obviously, some faith steps take much more effort than learning how to wrap a book. But wherever the Lord takes us, He will provide the parachute we need to take the necessary steps. The more we depend on Him, the more we will want to follow the Savior wherever He takes us, and we can have fun doing it. We walk by faith, not sight, following the sovereign Lord who won’t let us fall.
Take the step, let the Lord provide the parachute, and enjoy the ride!
Journal Questions:
What would walking by faith look like today?
When has God provided a parachute for you in the past?
What step of faith have you hesitated to take?
Application:
Take one small action that reflects trust.
