Jumping Into Your Destiny
MATTHEW 14:31
Immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and took hold of him, and said to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”
I love the Olympics. I love to watch athletes at their peak physical fitness competing with each other. It is fun to see people fully maximizing their talent, training, and strength. I enjoy watching the high jumpers in the track and field portion of the Olympics. In 1993, at a different meet, Javier Sotomayor of Cuba cleared the bar at an amazing 8 feet—a record that has stood for 25 years. I also enjoy watching the pole-vaulters. The Olympic men’s record stands at nearly 20 feet. When pole-vaulters begin a jump, they take a step back, look down the runway, and sprint toward the bar, carrying an enormous pole. When they reach the end of the track, they stick the pole in a special box set in the ground.
As they swing their legs off the ground, the pole acts like a spring and propels them high into the air. Because they rely on the pole, they go higher than they possibly could on their own. What God has created you to fulfill—your destiny—is beyond you. Your own skill, strength, and smarts are not enough for you to reach your destiny on your own. In fact, if your destiny is not bigger than you, it’s not actually your destiny. It’s simply you trying to make it on your own. God works where there is faith, and faith believes in what is beyond your own ability to understand or accomplish. When reaching for your destiny, you need something like a pole-vaulter’s pole—something that will propel you higher than you could go on your own. That pole is faith. It is faith in God’s Word, faith in His character, and faith that He will do what He has said He will do. Use the pole of faith to get where you need to go. When you do, you will learn how to soar.
God, I trust that faith will take me further than I could ever go on my own. Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Increase my faith, God, where it is lacking. I want to please You with my faith.
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