Bungeeeeeeeeeeee!

“Dear world. Have just booked the UK’s largest bungee jump (400ft) to raise money for @LLYFC I am also scared of heights. Details soon!” – Tim Gough

This was the Twitter post that Llandudno Youth for Christ’s centre director, Mr Tim Gough posted on 1st Feb 2017. He is going to be doing an ‘extreme’ feat, as mentioned in our previous blog post, to raise money for the work we do here at LLYFC.

This got me thinking about the whole aspect of taking a leap of faith, because that is what Tim will be doing on the….(details coming soon on the date and venue of Tim’s jump..we will keep you posted)…

When Tim does his bungee jump he will be ‘literally’ taking a leap of faith.

He will be trusting the bungee cord and harness that are attached to him; trusting that they have been properly put on and are in good working condition. Trusting that they will not break and fail and send him plummeting to the ground below. There is a lot of trust going on in Tim’s heart.

He will be demonstrating his faith when he takes the leap. As we posted on our twitter feed on Jan 16th, “We don’t believe something by merely saying we believe it… We believe something when we act as if it were true.” – Dallas Willard.

This is the crux of having faith in God. It’s not our words, but our actions that demonstrate to everyone around us where our faith lies. When we live out of a faith relationship with God, this will be visible to everyone around us.

We take steps of faith everyday. When we drive a car, or switch on a light, or sit in a chair; we are trusting the object we are using to work and do what we are expecting. Sometimes this is easy to do, because any negative consequences are small. However, if we are taking a flight in an aeroplane, or like Tim, doing a bungee jump, we need the object of our faith to not fail us.

Sometimes, though, we put more faith in something unreliable, rather than a faithful and reliable God. Alistair Begg says “How many times must we relearn the lesson that God is the only unfailing One.” I think we must relearn it because of our brokenness and the brokenness of the world around us.

Sometimes our hearts have been so hurt in the past, it takes time and an ongoing relationship with our Creator, for us to grow in faith and relearn that God is the only unfailing one.

This growth in faith comes as we spend time with God in prayer, in His word, and with the community of others who are growing in their relationship with Him.

The more we come to rely and trust in God, the more those around us will see that demonstrated in the way we live.

Just like Tim, we will be willing to take leaps of faith in response to our relationship and trust in God, and those acts of faith will have a much bigger impact on the world around us.

When Tim does take the plunge, will you be willing to take a leap of faith with us?

Will you be willing to sponsor Tim’s jump and support the work that LLYFC does in reaching young people with the good news of Jesus?

We pray that you will.