Base jumping is leaping from a tall structure wearing only a parachute for safety gear.
You don’t have miles to figure out how to land properly. Your decisions must be immediate and without hesitation. Jump hard, ensure that you have clearance, and pull the cord to release your parachute. Then don’t tangle on anything on the way down.
Too scary for you?
How about a tightwire? String them between two tall buildings, and you can walk across, right? No parachute needed … unless you look down, start to wobble, and fall right off.
When Nik Wallenda challenged himself to walk a tightrope across Niagara Falls in 2012, he wanted to perform the feat without any safety measures at all, just his rope (a steel cable) and his sure sense of balance that he was confident would get him successfully across.
Wallenda successfully made the passage, but the authorities insisted he use a safety device that anchored him to the cable. Even if he slipped … well, they felt there was something there to give him a second chance.
They had good reason. Wallenda didn’t need the safety equipment, instead claiming it hindered him. However, other men had tried, and other men had died, namely Stephen Peer in 1887 in a nighttime walk like Wallenda’s.
Here’s the crux of this story: We have a safety line in Christ. He is there to give us a second chance.
Isaiah 41:10 tells us:
“Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.”
We can look down from the tightrope of our life, and we can be assured that even if we wobble, even if we slip and fall, God has us. His hand will lift us up, and we will be able to get back on and try again.
Let’s walk with Jesus. He is our safety in trouble, and we can rest assured in him.
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