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Blind skiers
'I WILL GUIDE THEM...I WILL NOT FORSAKE THEM.' ISAIAH 42:16
One day when he was skiing in Colorado, a bloke saw some people wearing red vests with the words BLIND SKIER. He thought, 'I have a hard enough time skiing with two good eyes, how can they ski properly with none?' The answer was that they had a guide whose instructions they totally trusted and followed! As the guide skied beside them, he'd tap his ski poles together and assure them he was there. Then he'd say, 'Go right! Turn left! Stop! Slow! Skier coming up on your right!' What a picture.
So often life can be like skiing downhill blind. We can't see even five seconds into the future. We can't see the struggles ahead or the steepness of the mountain right in front of us. It becomes even scarier when we think about all the other 'skiers' who've run into us or over us in the past. Humanly speaking it leaves even the strongest of us feeling vulnerable and unsafe and that's when we need to place our confidence in the God who never changes and never fails.
Here's what He has to say to you today: 'I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths. I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them' (Isaiah 42:16 NIV). What is it that gets you through the unfamiliar places, the dark places and the rough places in life? God's rock-solid promise: 'I will guide [you]...I will not forsake [you].' His assurance is all you need!
written by Bob Gass
'I WILL GUIDE THEM...I WILL NOT FORSAKE THEM.' ISAIAH 42:16
One day when he was skiing in Colorado, a bloke saw some people wearing red vests with the words BLIND SKIER. He thought, 'I have a hard enough time skiing with two good eyes, how can they ski properly with none?' The answer was that they had a guide whose instructions they totally trusted and followed! As the guide skied beside them, he'd tap his ski poles together and assure them he was there. Then he'd say, 'Go right! Turn left! Stop! Slow! Skier coming up on your right!' What a picture.
So often life can be like skiing downhill blind. We can't see even five seconds into the future. We can't see the struggles ahead or the steepness of the mountain right in front of us. It becomes even scarier when we think about all the other 'skiers' who've run into us or over us in the past. Humanly speaking it leaves even the strongest of us feeling vulnerable and unsafe and that's when we need to place our confidence in the God who never changes and never fails.
Here's what He has to say to you today: 'I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths. I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them' (Isaiah 42:16 NIV). What is it that gets you through the unfamiliar places, the dark places and the rough places in life? God's rock-solid promise: 'I will guide [you]...I will not forsake [you].' His assurance is all you need!
written by Bob Gass
