Walk=Talk

Have you ever heard of the great tightrope walker, BLONDIN? He was one of the greatest tightrope walkers of all time, and there are many legends told of feats he performed.

One of the most often told stories of Blondin is of his crossing over Niagara Falls on a tightrope. He reportedly did that several times. At some point he turned to his large audience, which included numerous reporters from various newspapers, and he asked them, “How many believe I can walk across this tightrope over the Falls pushing a wheelbarrow?” People cheered loudly — they were sure the great Blondin could do it.

Then he asked, “How many believe I can push a wheelbarrow across the tightrope with a man sitting in it?” Again, there was a loud response. Blondin then pointed to one of the most enthusiastic men in the audience, and said, “Okay, you get into the wheelbarrow.” Needless to say, the man made a quick exit.

Blondin demonstrated that there is often a great difference between the faith we SAY we have, and the faith we REALLY have. The measure of our faith is NOT our “talk” — it’s our “walk”.

Something to Think About

A few weeks ago I used a quote in a sermon that has continued to pop in my mind from time to time so I wanted to share it with you today and challenge you to think, ponder, or chew on it throughout your day -

“We may WANT God, but we want something else more, and we ALWAYS get want we want most!”

A.W. Tozer

Smoak's Signals

+ This weeked was UNBELIEVEABLE!
+ I have the most AMAZING wife in the world (thanks for the Clemson tickets – you are the BEST!)
+ I serve an amazing church!
+ Our volunteers made last week possible
+ Yesterday’s service was good – but I believe that next weeks service is going to be GREAT!
+ Praying about some ways to tweek some of our ministries here at CBC – pray with me and for our church that we would be DEDICATED to the call and OBEDIENT to the vision!