Today’s Post By: Rae Lynn DeAngelis
A local amusement park called Kings Island has an old wooden roller coaster called the Twin Racer. Two coasters race side by side in a desperate dash for the finish. When the ride first opened over forty years ago, it was designed to have two forward moving coasters, but after some new rides came on the scene with more thrilling attractions, the change was made—one of the twins now barrels down the track backwards!
Waiting to take the challenge for the first time, I could feel my stomach twisting itself into knots. I knew I had to conquer my fear of riding a roller coaster backwards at breakneck speed, but how could I prepare myself for each plunge, twist, and turn when I couldn’t see where I was going. I was at the mercy of the unknown. The thought of experiencing this thrill ride backwards caused both excitement and terror. All I could do was hope and pray that the person who engineered the ride knew what he was doing.
“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” (Hebrews 11:1)
Faith is kind of like that backwards roller coaster. We can’t always see where we are going to adequately prepare for what comes next in life, but as long as we have faith, we don’t need to. All we really need is a trustworthy ENGINEER who is able to keep us on the track when life gets rough.
God sees every detail of our lives long before we get there. We don’t need to see—we just need to trust.
Life is a wild ride. I don’t know about you, but I’m keeping my eyes on the ONE who monitors every plunge, twist, and turn of my life.
“‘You of little faith, why are you so afraid?’ Then [Jesus] got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.” (Matthew 8:26)
