There is a story about children playing in a field and discovering an old abandoned railroad spur. Each child tries to walk balancing on the rail, but most fall off after a few steps. Two smart little boys put their heads together and announce that they can walk the entire length of the track without falling off. The other children taunt them by saying, "Oh yeah, prove it."
So these two lads each get on a rail and reach across to steady each other as they walk along the parallel rails the entire length without falling off.
What neither could do alone, they could do together simply by holding hands.
Similarly in life we sometimes need to extend our hands to each other as we climb the steps towards the kingdom. Amos asked the question, "Can two walk together, except they be agreed?" It is important that we walk with those who are going in the same direction.
If the two little boys had held hands across the tracks but each tried to walk in the opposite direction they would not have been able to continue holding each other’s hand. They both would have fallen off.
We only have to take one step at a time. We only have to live one day at a time. Looking at the whole of our future could cause us to give up in despair. As Jesus exhorts us in his sermon on the mount, "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.
Each day has enough trouble of its own." Many people fail because they do not follow this wise advice.
"This is the day which the Lord has made. Let us be glad and rejoice in it."
So these two lads each get on a rail and reach across to steady each other as they walk along the parallel rails the entire length without falling off.
What neither could do alone, they could do together simply by holding hands.
Similarly in life we sometimes need to extend our hands to each other as we climb the steps towards the kingdom. Amos asked the question, "Can two walk together, except they be agreed?" It is important that we walk with those who are going in the same direction.
If the two little boys had held hands across the tracks but each tried to walk in the opposite direction they would not have been able to continue holding each other’s hand. They both would have fallen off.
We only have to take one step at a time. We only have to live one day at a time. Looking at the whole of our future could cause us to give up in despair. As Jesus exhorts us in his sermon on the mount, "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.
Each day has enough trouble of its own." Many people fail because they do not follow this wise advice.
"This is the day which the Lord has made. Let us be glad and rejoice in it."
