I heard a good analogy about faith. It seems a man had stretched a tightrope across a huge waterfall.
He stood beside it with a wheelbarrow as a crowd gathered. When it had grown quite large, he asked
the people who believed he could push the wheelbarrow across the tightrope to the other side. A few
cautiously raided their hand, but the rest were doubting. The man threw the wheelbarrow onto the
rope and got behind it. Slowly, but surely made the long journey across and back. The people cheered
and clapped upon his return. He stood before them and asked who believed he could do it again. Every
person raised their hand. He fixed his eyes on a young boy and asked him if he truly believed…without a
doubt…that he could do it again and the boy grinned and shook his head up and down. “Then get in the
wheelbarrow,” he said.
Needless to say, the boy changed his mind. You see, true faith means we must climb into that
wheelbarrow from time to time. But faith…strong, obedient faith will allow us to do that. Yes, faith may
take us out of our comfort zone, and it may call for us to take a risk occasionally. But that is the way
faith works. When the Lord speaks to us, especially through His word, we must have faith that He will do
what He says He will. If we truly believe that He can and will work…we will get into that metaphorical
wheelbarrow.
But think on this: If the boy had enough faith in that man’s ability and he climbed into that wagon, what
a unique and exciting thing he would have experienced. Would he be scared a little? You bet! But he
would have done something very few people had done…or would do. I suppose he wouldn’t even know
how to describe what he felt. It would be an event that would live with him a lifetime.
Do you really want to miss the things God has in store for you as you are obedient? Don’t you want to
live in the excitement of serving God? You can. But it takes faith to get up in that wheelbarrow.
He stood beside it with a wheelbarrow as a crowd gathered. When it had grown quite large, he asked
the people who believed he could push the wheelbarrow across the tightrope to the other side. A few
cautiously raided their hand, but the rest were doubting. The man threw the wheelbarrow onto the
rope and got behind it. Slowly, but surely made the long journey across and back. The people cheered
and clapped upon his return. He stood before them and asked who believed he could do it again. Every
person raised their hand. He fixed his eyes on a young boy and asked him if he truly believed…without a
doubt…that he could do it again and the boy grinned and shook his head up and down. “Then get in the
wheelbarrow,” he said.
Needless to say, the boy changed his mind. You see, true faith means we must climb into that
wheelbarrow from time to time. But faith…strong, obedient faith will allow us to do that. Yes, faith may
take us out of our comfort zone, and it may call for us to take a risk occasionally. But that is the way
faith works. When the Lord speaks to us, especially through His word, we must have faith that He will do
what He says He will. If we truly believe that He can and will work…we will get into that metaphorical
wheelbarrow.
But think on this: If the boy had enough faith in that man’s ability and he climbed into that wagon, what
a unique and exciting thing he would have experienced. Would he be scared a little? You bet! But he
would have done something very few people had done…or would do. I suppose he wouldn’t even know
how to describe what he felt. It would be an event that would live with him a lifetime.
Do you really want to miss the things God has in store for you as you are obedient? Don’t you want to
live in the excitement of serving God? You can. But it takes faith to get up in that wheelbarrow.