Travelers apparently have a quiet, unspoken confidence
in bridges. As a teenager I lived near the Trinity River up in North Texas. Hidden
away on an obscure country road was an old steel bridge that was closed for
public use. It was scary to walk across the rotting, wooden plank floor, yet for
a couple of teenage boys, confidence was not lacking in their skill to cross
the bridge.
Confidence
serves as a bridge to push us forward but also to urge us to retreat when
necessary. We put our confidence in things and other people until that
confidence is betrayed. Then we pull back across the bridge. Our faith and beliefs
serve as a means of expressing our confidence.
However,
God’s word advises us to be careful and wise in whom we place our confidence.
Psalm 118 assures us God’s steadfast love endures forever and serves as a
bridge to confidence and assurance from which you will never have to retreat,
for he is always present to help you.
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