Underneath

The eternal God is your refuge and underneath are the everlasting arms...Deuteronomy 33:27

Recently I  took a weekend trip to Christchurch with my sister, my niece and great niece to see Cirque du Soleil's final ever performance of Quidam after 20 years of performing around the world.  I spent a lot of the evening shaking my head in unbelief at the feats of strength and acrobatic skills that would have taken hours and hours to perfect.  The most heart-stopping act came close to the end when men stood on shoulders, three high then a team that I call a 'human trampoline' hurled a girl into the air and she landed upright on the shoulders of those men never missing a beat.  Prior to that she had been tossed to and fro, hither and yon by so many different people it was difficult to keep up.

(No photography allowed in Cirque so this picture is not them but something similar.)

As I watched all of this I thought about the absolute trust these acrobats had to have in each other in so many ways; not to mention the equipment that they used and the behind the scenes people who worked the equipment.  Such an exercise of total and fearless trust - in their fellow man.

This is the kind of trust that our heavenly Father would like to see from us as we put ourselves in his hands. Perhaps you are facing what seems to be an insurmountable hurdle or a huge disappointment, maybe you feel God challenging you to step out into a new area of ministry and you are so afraid to fail.  He is our refuge, the eternal God, the one who is in us and with us and all around us.  He has promised that he will never leave us nor forsake us (Hebrews 13:5), he has said that if we need wisdom we are to ask and it will be given liberally (James 1:5).  He is all we need and if we fall, then underneath are the everlasting arms.  He gives us a soft place to fall and a place to hide while we heal.  His faithfulness is so amazing as written in this wonderful old hymn by Annie Johnson Flint

His love has no limit, His grace has no measure,
His power no boundary known unto men,
For out of His infinite riches in Jesus,
He giveth and giveth and giveth again.

Will you think on the truth of His word and trust yourself afresh to His promises and find the joy of scaling new heights with Him who has called you out of darkness into His wonderful light.

Prayer:  Mighty and faithful God, thank  you that I am your child and you are my Father.  Help me to return to full trust in your wisdom and faithfulness.  Amen