Have been thinking about faith today and also sometimes how I really do lack faith, whether this be a natural or a supernatural thing and in doing so came across this great story about belief vs faith...
Have you ever heard about the guy who walked a tight rope across Niagara Falls? Many people watched him do it. To them he asked, "Do you believe I can walk a tight rope across the Falls?" They all replied, "Yes." They had already seen him do it.
Then he pushed a wheel barrow on a tight rope across Niagara Falls. When he completed the feat, he asked the onlookers, "Do you believe I can walk a tight rope across the Falls pushing a wheel barrow?" To that they replied unanimously, "Yes." Because they saw him do that too.
Finally, a buddy of the tight rope walker climbs into the wheel barrow and the tight rope walker pushes him across the Falls. Wow, what a daring feat! When they finished, the tight rope walker asked the crowd, "Do you believe I can walk a tight rope across the Falls pushing a wheel barrow with a person in it?" To that they exclaimed, "Yes!" For they were now believers in this guy's awesome abilities.
Then he looked at the crowd and asked, "Who's next?"
There you have it... Belief vs. Faith...!
Great story, great challenge!
Andy
1 comment:
Oh yes..! thats too true. Oh how we procrastinate, never get round to doing that thing we were so excitedthat God had spoken to us about, cos when it comes to the crunch we loose our bottle. And if anyone else is like me, we tell others how they should trust God, he knows best, then run round like headless chucks trying to do things our own way as it ironically feels safer! If only we could just jump into the wheelbarrow with that same enthusiasm we rallied 'daaarn the bonk'* on our bikes as kids and let God deal with it!
*said with a good old black country accent ;)
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