Charles Blondin - Picture of Faith 

05/10/2021

Hebrews 11:1 - Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. 
Psalm 46:10 - Be still, and know that I am God.

Our faith must go beyond what we can see. We must have faith in God even when we don't see how it's going to work out.

The Charles Blondin Story - A Picture of Faith

Charles Blondin was a French tightrope walker and acrobat. He toured the United States and was known for crossing the 1,100 ft Niagara Gorge on a tightrope.

This stunning feat made Charles Blondin famous. In the summer of 1859, he walked 160 feet above the falls several times back and forth between Canada and the United States, as huge crowds on both sides looked on with shock and awe. Once he crossed in a sack, once on stilts, another time on a bicycle, and once he even carried a stove and cooked an omelet!

On July 15, Blondin walked backward across the tightrope to Canada and returned pushing a wheelbarrow. The story goes that after pushing a wheelbarrow across blindfolded, Blondin asked for some audience participation. The crowds had watched and shouted, ooohed and aaahed! He had proven that he could do it; of that, there was no doubt. But now he was asking for a volunteer to get into the wheelbarrow and take a ride across the Falls with him!

It is said that he asked his audience, "Do you believe I can carry a person across in this
wheelbarrow?" Of course the crowd shouted "Yes", they believed!

It was then that Blondin posed the question, "Who will get in the wheelbarrow?" 

No one did. Finally, an old woman accepted the challenge. Blondin took her in the wheel barrow and crossed the falls successfully. She was his mother, the only person who was willing to put her life in his hands.

The story of Charles Blondin paints a real life picture of what faith actually is. The crowd had watched his daring feats. They said they believed, but their actions proved they truly didn't. It is one thing for us to say we believe in God. However, our true faith is when we believe God and put our faith and trust in His Son, Jesus Christ. 

Let us have faith in God and His faithfulness in our lives.

This week, engage in one discipline/act that can strengthen your faith in God.

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