Bungee Jumping with God

The steps of a man are established by the Lord, and he delights in his way; when he falls, he shall not be hurled headlong, because the Lord is the one who holds his head.  Psalm 37:23-24

I have never been bungee jumping in my life.  Never had much desire to although I have been told the rush is something.  Our daughter Meghan went bungee jumping over Lake Victoria when she did her overseas studies in Uganda.  The premise of bungee jumping as you know is to free fall down relying on the fact that the rope is a) strong enough to snap you back before you hit the ground and b) shorter in length than the jumping distance.  Both of those facts have to be in place.  It is not an “or” condition.  It seems to me you are putting a lot of trust in these conditions.  Oh to be young.

God establishes our steps.  He delights in them.  He calls us out to obedience and shows us the way one little bit at a time.  He never shows us too much of the future or it would freak us out.  He shows us just enough to gain dependence and trust on him.  When we are content, when we are self-reliant, we can expect a believer to be “snapped back” to where God wants us. 

However, the believer is not hurled headlong into oblivion.  That is what the psalm says.  Just as we can’t go off our own way, when we fall (and note it is when because we all fall), we won’t go careening out of control.  We have a God who holds our head, who keeps us in his sight.  He gently disciplines us, nurtures us back to trust in him.  Note the Lord holds our head because that would be the first thing to get smashed when we are hurled headlong in our bungee jumping of life.  I have felt out of control many times in my life careening aimlessly only to have a loving God discipline me back to a relationship.  So as I bungee jump through life, he is there to keep me from smashing my head into the ground below.