“ Yes ”

Each of us faces circumstances in life which compel us to carry heavy burdens or sorrow. Adversity assails us with hurricane force. Glowing sunrises are transformed into the darkest night. Our highest hopes are blasted and our noblest dreams are shattered. And the church teaches the word of faith... as for Jesus, he was teaching it with every inch of his being, as Jesus says, " the out side of the cup was clean, leaving the inside dirty." "Do what I say, Not what I do."

You see, real faith is still something more. It is not just knowing, even being convinced, that something is true, but accepting it as true for you. Not true for the church, not true for a preacher, not true for your parents, not true for your friend.

Let me illustrate a story. There was once a famous daredevil named Blondin who regularly thrilled audiences by walking a tightrope stretched across Niagra Falls with a man riding on his shoulders. One day just as he was about to start across, he asked a man in the audience if he believed that he could do it. “ Yes,” the man replied you can do it! He then asked him if he were sure that he could do it. ‘Yes, I’m really sure that you can do it!” “Good,” said Blondin, “because my regular man isn’t here today and I need you to ride over on my shoulders.” Now the man was faced with the real issue of faith, he had said that he had believed, but was he willing to stake his life on it? You see, faith is not faith until its all you’re holding onto.