I think one of the scariest sensations is one of falling. For that brief moment, you feel completely and utterly helpless, especially when you’re falling backwards. It’s like there’s absolutely nothing you can do in the moment to catch yourself, so you end up hoping for the best but anticipating the worst.

Often, God places us in situations where we must come to the end of our rope proverbially before we can land in safe hands. There’s that feeling of nothing solid beneath your feet and letting go of the rope seems like the worst thing you can do but at the same time the only choice you have.

Faith is trusting God in that moment that when you let go He can and will catch you. Faith means trusting that God made a provision long before you knew you needed it.

Hebrews 11:1 says “Now faith means putting our full confidence in the things we hope for, it means being certain of things we cannot see” (J. B. Phillips).

That means faith is trusting what we can’t see, a kind of backward trust falling into unseen hands. It’s the absolute confidence that when we let go and fall back that the everlasting arms are underneath to catch us and bear us up.

Father, help us to trust in what is unseen, knowing that what is unseen is greater than what is seen. As You did with Elisha’s servant so long ago, open our eyes to see the heavenly realms to know that we are surrounded by a host of angelic armies at all times to protect us from dangers unseen and unaware. May we ever fall into Your arms of grace now and evermore. Amen.