Could I Trust the Bridge

From: Messages of God's Love: 1976

• 1 min. read • grade level: 4

WHEN I was in the mountains once, I wanted to cross a deep gorge. There was a slender rope bridge stretched across one mountain to another; over a thousand feet below was a river. I knew that if I fell from that great height I should certainly be killed. The question was, Could I trust myself to that rope bridge?

I stood there and watched seral other people go across. I saw that even heavier men than I went safely over. At last I believed that that bridge would sustain my weight. Finally I believed in it enough to trust myself to it, and went safely across.

This illustrates what it is to believe in Jesus. It is beautifully expressed in the little hymn,

Jesus, I will trust Thee,

Trust Thee with my soul;

Weary, worn and helpless,

Thou canst make me whole.

There is none in heaven,

Nor on earth like Thee;

Thou hast died for sinners,

Therefore, Lord, for me.

“THE SON OF GOD, WHO LOVED ME, AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME.” Gal. 2:20²⁰I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. (Galatians 2:20)

ML-07/25/1976

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