Faith to Let Go

There was once a young man who was hiking along a trail which followed the edge of a cliff.  The young man slipped.  As he fell over the cliff, he grabbed onto a root sticking out of the side of the cliff.  There he hung helplessly.  Christ came to him and asked, "Do you believe I can save you?"  The young man replied, "Yes."  Christ left and came again asking the same question, "Do you believe that I can save you?"  Again the young man answered in the affirmative.  Christ left a second time and returned asking the same question with the young man answering, "Yes."  Christ then looked at the young man and said, "Then let go."

Sometimes that is what it takes.  Let go and allow the Savior to provide yet another miracle in our life.  In Genesis 22 we find the account of God commanding Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac. He did so humbly.  He took his son and hiked to the appointed location and put his son on the altar.  The Lord waited till the last moment to stop Abraham from killing Isaac.  Abraham proved that he was willing to "let go".  Because of that the Lord through an angel stopped Abraham and provided a ram to be sacrificed in the place of Isaac. Then the Lord in his infinite love goes on to bless not only Abraham and Isaac but all of his seed and posterity.  When Abraham was willing to "let go" and do what ever the Lord would have him do, he soured instead of fell.  The Lord will do the same with us as we “let go”.  There are some mountains which can only be climbed by letting go and allowing the savior to carry us by the wind to the top.