March 21, 2008

As you exit Ripley’s Believe it or Not in San Francisco you have the opportunity to walk through an optical illusion. I chose the full experience. I approached a metal walkway with handrails on either side of it. The walkway was suspended in what appeared a large rotating cylinder.

Halfway across I grabbed the rails to keep myself from falling. The walkway had tipped severely to the left. Then the doorway on the other side started to rotate in the opposite direction and I braced to maintain my balance.

As soon as I crossed the door’s threshold, the floor was stable once again. The whole time the walkway hadn’t move one millimeter. Every time I grabbed that rail and flexed my knee to hold my balance, I was controlled by what I thought I saw. And everything I saw was an illusion.

I acted on what I believed to be true, but what I experience was a lie. I proved it by re-crossing the walkway with my eyes closed. No problem.

What we tell ourselves to be true, doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with what is actually happening. Like that fear you feel when you go to invite someone to prayer meeting, or when you feel impressed to pray with a friend.

“Unfailing love and truth have met together. Righteousness and peace have kissed! Truth springs up from the earth, and righteousness smiles down from heaven. Psalm 85:10-11

With full commitment,
Pastor Steve