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The story is told of a high-wire artist who was to perform in a small city. When he arrived, he secured the help of two young men. They set up the platforms and strung the wire tightly across the street – 100 feet high and with no net.
As people gathered, the high-wire artist began his act. First, he carried a long pole across the wire. He then exchanged it for a chair. He went back out to the center of the wire, placed the chair on it, and sat down. Then he got up and went across the wire and exchanged the chair for a wheelbarrow, taking it back across the wire. When he got to the platform he asked one of his young assistants, “Do you believe I can take this wheelbarrow across that wire without falling?”
The young fellow answered, “Of course. I just saw you do it.””OK,” the man said, “get in.”
It is one thing to say we believe something and another thing to have faith that acts on our belief. We can believe mentally without believing with our faith.
Our final challenge in this Trials of Our Faith series is to Get In.
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