"Now to Him who is able to keep you from falling..." (Jude v. 24) The Lord keeps me from falling! What a great thought, but I'm afraid that most of the time it stays only a thought. Let me explain.
At Union Hill there are several men who are avid "noodlers". For those who don't know what that is, it's the activity of sticking your hand in a monster catfish's mouth to catch it. Crazy, huh!? They sink bathtubs into the shallows of Kentucky Lake (with a hole cut in them), and wait for the fish to spawn. As they do, they become very aggressive toward anything that might come near their "nest", and you can fill in the rest. These guys can pull up fish that weigh upwards of 70 pounds! To me, it's a little scary knowing that you could grab the mouth of a catfish that weighs more than a full-grown German Shepherd!
Application: There's always a person in the water with these guys, holding them up. They may latch on to a monster fish that could easily drag them under, but there is always another set of hands holding them above water. When you're the one in the water holding on to a monster fish...there's more than just a thought keeping you calm. You literally TRUST in the strength of those other hands to hold you up.
"Now to Him who is able to keep you from falling..." I wish that this "thought" of Jude v.24 was more of a reality in the lives of Christians, and as we keep growing in the faith...it will be. It's not just an awesome verse to know...it's an awesome realization to experience. The Lord's hands of strength and comfort are constantly lifting our heads above the waters of this world. Trust in those hands.
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