Recently we took a walk around my neighborhood. Nothing new, we normally take a walk after dinner dishes are washed. This time, something extraordinary happened. As we rounded a corner, two very scared horses were galloping towards us. Not being used to horses, I stopped and grabbed my girl. Dale instructed us to move over and for our girl to get behind me. He meanwhile approaches the horses without much thought. In his youth, his family raised horses. Instinct for him kicked in.
Although he didn't know these horses, he understood their nature. He was able to stop them from running further away. The horses were very scared and did not allow him to approach. Not long their owners came along. But even with the owners they were scared. So they ran here and there. They ran into the bean field and began to dine on the young crop. The owner came close, but a neighbor's dog finally noticed what was happening, began to bark scaring one horse and the other followed suit. In just a few moments they galloped back towards their barn.
How often do we allow life to scare us from the safe shelter of our Father? We think we'll be better off running, but only to find ourselves even more frightened by the unfamiliar surrounding of the dark world. Some may try to point us back to safety, but we become frightened because we're uncertain.
God is a God who protects. He's calling you back to His arms. Return to His safety. His ways are better. They are easier. It means turning from the things that bring us false safety - mammon. Letting go of this world and clinging tightly to Jesus.
As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:9
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