The Flying Leap

“Jump, I’ll catch you.” So, our toddler grandson, innocent, with great confidence and without hesitation, leaped from the rooftop into his grandfather’s inviting, outstretched arms. That little boy is a grown man today, another year older but not as innocent as before: “For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23

All of us have sinned; everyone one of us missed God’s perfection, and sin’s price is death. But thanks be to God for His gift of eternal life with Him through Jesus, who paid our debt (Romans 6:23).

Our grandson has confidence in his grandfather today but would not leap into his waiting arms from a housetop. Instead, he jumps and falls into His heavenly Father’s arms, who ably catches and holds him securely no matter the weight that falls. We can do the same, but, like him, we must first trust the Catcher to leap. “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Romans 10:9, 13

“Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope is in the Lord.” Jeremiah 17:7