Never Stop Skiing - The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge
Never Stop Skiing
When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things. Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely. 1 Corinthians 13:11-12
When he was nine, Nathan went skiing with his parents in Colorado. All along the ski slopes, signs were posted with the warning:
BEWARE OF SNOW CATS.
Each sign was approximately five feet high and eight feet wide—you couldn’t miss these large warning signs strategically placed beside the ski trails heading down the mountain. After three days of skiing, Nathan pointed to one of the signs as he and his dad were riding the ski lift to the top of the mountain. “Daddy, have you seen one yet?”
“Seen what, Nathan?”
“A snow cat.” Upon further discussion, Nathan’s dad realized that the “snow cats” his son was keeping a sharp eye out for were of the mountain lion, snow leopard, or comparable dangerous-animal variety. Smiling, Scott explained to his son that what the signs were referring to were the snowplow-like machines that drove up and down the slopes packing down the snow, machines referred to as “snow cats.”
“Oh.” Nathan breathed a deep sigh of relief.
You may have experienced a similar situation of misinterpretation with your children from time to time. But here’s what I want you to take from Nathan’s story: despite believing that at any given moment a mountain lion or snow leopard could leap out of the trees while he was skiing down the slopes, Nathan never stopped skiing. Instead, he pointed his ski tips straighter to be ready to outrun the danger.
Things take on a different perspective through the eyes and heart of a child.
But as the apostle Paul says, it’s not always going to be that way. Things that are a little muddied will be made crystal clear. God will dispel your fears, and you will be able to see things exactly as they are. Can you imagine the courage and hope you will sense when you stand before Him face-to-face?
Why not feel it now? No matter what you face, keep on skiing!
Uncommon Key > One day you will stand before the Hope of the world and see things more clearly. But you don’t have to wait to ask for His clarity on matters you are dealing with now. He is accessible to you and wants you to live like you believe it!
