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Life Is Like Riding A Bicycle Dec 30, 2010 7:52 am 0 Views Read: Hebrews 11.32-40 All these . . . obtained a good testimony through faith. Hebrews 11.39 Bible in a year: Zechariah 13-14; Revelation 21 In a letter to his Eduard, Albert Einstein gave this advice: “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.” The great physicist’s advice is wise and practical. This wise counsel can apply to the Christian life. Many believers by faith keep moving ahead through painful and trying circumstances. But when they experience a personal moral failure, they lose their balance and fall. Their regret and feeling of unworthiness of God’s forgiveness may then keep them down and they no longer move ahead in their spiritual life. The Bible gives us many examples of those who have experienced serious personal failure. Abraham lied to Pharaoh about his wife, Sarah Gen. 12.11-17. Jacob deceived his father to acquire Esau’s blessing Gen. 27.18-29. Moses disobeyed God by striking the rock instead of speaking to it Num. 207-12. Despite their failures, we are told: “all these . . . obtained a good testimony through faith” (Heb. 11:39). These biblical characters are lifted up as examples because after they fell, they turned back to God and began to follow Him again. Have you lost your spiritual balance through a sinful choice, which is keeping you down? Repent and follow the God of second chances once again. I’ve strayed, O Lord, and turned aside, I’ve disobeyed Your voice; But now contrite of heart I turn And make Your will my choice. Our God is a God of second chances. |
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Simply beautiful - the lesson here is applicable and available across the spectrum of religion. It is our human frailty that we fail to practice it. Many thanks, Marbella, for sharing it. here is wishing you and all those you care for a wonderful 2011.  "To fight the darkness do not draw your sword, light a candle" - Zarathustra
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My best wishes to everyone filled with many blessings of the Lord.
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