Standing in His Presence

I wish I could take total credit for this but I can’t.  You see the idea for this came to Kristy when she was in the shower one day.  She called me a shared it with me.  I liked it so I added some to it but the base idea for this is clearly her’s.  With that in mind, consider this:

You are walking along life with no real purpose and without Christ.  Somehow you feel led to go to an amusement park.  And you figure, hey why not?  You enter the gates of the amusement park and you are met there by God who starts to walk with you.  As you enter the park, you are filled with the wonder and beauty of the gardens.  He shows you a perfect rose and you notice the awesome smell. Suddenly your senses are alive like never before.  But God is insistant, keep walking, and walk you do.  Next you pass through the kiddie rides where the kids are learning the enjoyment of amusement parks graduating to bigger and bigger rides as you pass through the park.  You are compelled to walk toward the large roller coaster in the center but you are scared.  What if something happens and I get killed in this.  NO, this is way too dangerous and you stop in your tracks.  But God just keeps nudging you toward the coaster.  You reluctantly continue toward the coaster.  The next thing you know you find yourself in line for the coaster. Wait, how did I get here?  I really didn’t want to do this.  Now the fear really starts to hit and your adrenaline starts pumping through your body.  While you are in line you are filled with both anticipation and anxiety.  What will this be like?  Will I need to change myself?  Will this be hard or painful?

Then you get on the ride and the anxiety rolls as you start up the first hill.  It is all going so slowly but as you get closer to the top you begin to see more clearly.  Then  you go over the top of the first hill the rush is awesome as you go speeding down toward the bottom with God clearly in control.  You throw your hands in the air and it is an awesome ride but then you hit the bottom.  wait, where this the awesomeness go?  Did it have to end so soon?  Then suddenly your life takes a sharp turn to the left.  Woah, where did that come from?  That was completely unexpected and just as suddenly there it is, the next hill.  You are not sure you can actually make it up this time.  The climb seems even slower and you just don’t think you are going to make it to the top.  Slowly you climb: clink, clink, clink.  And there is the top.  Here we go again, God is in control!  Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Then the ride ends.  You get up and look back and realize that God wasn’t beside you at all but you were in God’s hands the entire time.  He held you in the palm of his hands the whole time watching over you.  And you thought you were in a roller coaster car.  Ya right!

God led us to step into his hands but he did not force anything.  We had to willingly step into his hands, just like we have to willingly step into a roller coaster car. It all begins with the choice to choose Christ and step into the palm of God’s hands.

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