Most anyone who has been...
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Most anyone who has been to summer camp or worked with youth groups knows about a simple exercise called "trust falls." One person tilts slowly backward until he/she is fully supported by a partner, and then is gently lowered to the ground. Many summer camps have now installed rope courses or challenge courses that offer a more extreme version of the trust fall.
In one exercise called "leap of faith," one group member stands on a four-foot-high platform while the rest of the group stands underneath a trapeze bar eight feet away, arms intertwined, ready to break the leaper's fall. The leaper then attempts to jump out and catch the trapeze bar. If he/she fails, the rest of the group will catch the leaper and break his/her fall. Not as gentle as a trust fall, but leap of faith teaches the dramatic lesson that when we put our trust in others, we can do more than we thought.
Paul encourages the Corinthians to learn this same lesson. When we put our trust in God, who can be trusted, we become rich in all things.
In one exercise called "leap of faith," one group member stands on a four-foot-high platform while the rest of the group stands underneath a trapeze bar eight feet away, arms intertwined, ready to break the leaper's fall. The leaper then attempts to jump out and catch the trapeze bar. If he/she fails, the rest of the group will catch the leaper and break his/her fall. Not as gentle as a trust fall, but leap of faith teaches the dramatic lesson that when we put our trust in others, we can do more than we thought.
Paul encourages the Corinthians to learn this same lesson. When we put our trust in God, who can be trusted, we become rich in all things.
