Something to think about...... I have many scars on my body. Every scar has it's own story.Like the ones on my elbows that came from a motorcycle accident. That one had me walking around looking like a Mummy! Then there is one of my very first and I guess my favorite scar. I call it my "learning how to ride a bike" scar.I hope you can relate to this one. This is my story.
One sunny day I was riding my bike up and down the sidewalk of our street in Port Arthur,Texas. I had a Christmas bike, a nice shiny,blue Schwinn,with training wheels.That bike was my heart,it was all I thought about. I'd come from school and do my reading(required by my parents)and then roll out my shiny new bike.This went on for months then one day my sister Gwen and I thought it was time to remove the training wheels!
Removing the training wheels has to rank high on the fear scale for kids.We all as kids had our nightmares and monsters and fears. We may have had a bully at school that gave us some fear.Some of us had a fear of dogs and even cats.One day I had to jump through our car window because of a dog chasing me! Good thing the window was down!There was alot of things out there to fear but none could top the fear I had of removing my training wheels.
Riding a bike is so easy with training wheels. I used to fly down the sidewalk,not worrying about a fall.The training wheels kept me upright. The training wheels gave me something I could lean on.The training wheels took away my fear of falling.
That sunny day when we removed my training wheels has effected my life today. You see the very thing I feared happened that day. I fell! I fell alot of times and one time busted my knee up. It lift a scar on my knee that reminds me of the day I took my training wheels off.I learned that falling is apart of life if I take my training wheels off.Since then I've fell plenty of times,but God has been there helping me back onto my feet.He keep telling me to get back on the bike!
Fear of falling will keep you from your blessings!No one likes to fail, no one likes to fall. So we walk through life on training wheels! You see it took faith in my sister for me to remove my training wheels that day. I believed that she would be there to catch me if I fell.We have to have that same faith and trust in God!We have to believe that He loves us too much to let us truly fail.
There is someone today that needs this message. They need to know it's time to remove those training wheels! Fear of falling(failing) is keeping you from your blessing! That idea you've had all these years but have been afraid to do,remove the training wheels!That person that God has been telling you to talk to,remove the training wheels!That business you been wanting to open,remove the training wheels! That house or car you been afraid to buy,remove those training wheels! If you have faith in God,remove those training wheels!
Even though my sister was there, I still fell,but she was there to help me up. She didn't hold me up all the time,she just gave me a good push and let me go. Isn't that what God wants to do for us? He can't wait until we take off our training wheels so He can give us a good push too! He can't wait until we put all our faith and trust in Him!
Today's passage paints a clear picture of how God feels about us. He said he "will not forsake thee", or "destroy thee". For those of you out there that are so close to your blessing,please take those training wheels off! Please place your faith in God!Put your trust in God,believing that even if you fall,He'll be there for you and with you!
After falling many times, I learned to ride my bike.Still there were times when I'd still fall. It was way more fun to ride without those training wheels.Our lives can be the same way if we just remove those training wheels!
"Father,there is so many things you want to do for us but we let our fears get in the way. Help us to fear not and place all our faith and trust in you. In the mighty,mighty name of Jesus,AMEN!"
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