THANK YOU JESUS If you didn’t watch Nik Wallenda’s tightrope walk live … you will be able to see it over and over on the internet and Discovery Channel. You will find it fascinating, but watching it “live” was a frightening experience … not sure if he would survive. The event was on 10 second delay just in case something went wrong. If you watched it “live”, you heard God’s name in prayer several times as Wallenda cross a section of the Colorado River Gorge near the Grand Canyon. He was walking on a wire about as thick as a tennis ball, stretched more than 4 football fields (about 1,400 feet) and 1,500 feet above the canyon floor. He did it without any safety device, and while Wallenda had confidence in his training and preparation, he also turned to God for protection. Wallenda was wearing a microphone, and if you watch it on tape, you might not hear all the times that he prayed; as he first took to the tightrope and looked down into the canyon, he said, "Praise God, this is awesome. Thank you Jesus for this wonderful view." As the winds got stronger, the tightrope bounced more and at 2:24 into the nearly 23 minute walk, Wallenda knelt briefly, then stood and continued walking as he prayed: "Lord, help this cable to calm down." As the wind whipped his shirt and jeans, he prayed, “Help me to relax, Lord.” Wallenda is getting well deserved publicity for what he did over the canyon, but the strong Christian also made sure that The Lord received praise. I can’t recall another “non-religious” television program where the name of God and Jesus were said so often … and done so with prayerful reverence. Billy Graham said, Prayer is a two way conversation between man and God. I’m glad in this instance that Wallenda said his prayers and praise aloud for all to hear. No doubt, there will be those who don’t “get’ that part of the story, and there will be those who dismiss God’s protection. There will also be those who ask, If Wallenda had fallen, where was God? Does this mean, a non-believer, an atheist could not accomplish the same dangerous journey? No, but do you know any who are willing to try? As it has long been said, there are no atheists in foxholes … I don’t think you will find many on a tightrope 1,500 feet above certain death. If an atheist wants to try and in the middle of the walk when the wind picks up and the rope begins to bounce … the walker might begin to reconsider “faith”. In such a case, the atheist might be unsure how to start praying. It is simple and one line from Psalm 23 would be good to remember: Yea, though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death ...
Posted on: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 10:05:19 +0000
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