The Waiver

"For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him." (2Corinthians 5:21 KJV)

In Maui, Hawaii on Monday, Oct. 1, 2012, Sylvester and I went on a zip-line adventure (I'm not sure that it was a good idea). The zip-line company requires participants to complete a medical questionnaire and sign a waiver before allowing them to climb the course and descend via zip lines.

 

Once all documents are signed and approved, they put you in a secure harness that can be attached to a cable stretching from point A to point B. The harness is constructed so that when attached to the zip-cable you are sitting upright as you zip to point B. After fitting you in the harness, your group climbs the mountainside to the first zip line. From there it is all downhill. 

 

We had a tremendous time and thoroughly enjoyed this adventure. Our zip-line company had 5 successive lines that we zipped down, crossing deep ravines along the zip-line course. A couple of them were very deep and looking down I thought, "they really want me to ride this cable across this ravine?" Well, I said it aloud a few times and the guides, Jimmy and Preston would teasingly say, "Remember, you signed a liability wavier."

Every time anyone, particularly a woman, said something about the difficulty before us they would repeat "Remember you signed a  liability waiver." Although we weren't confident of the safety factors, our guides were and no one in our group was ever in any danger. We all survived, but I broke a finger nail on the last zip which was 750 feet long over an extremely deep gorge. I was traveling about 40 mph and holding very tightly to the straps as instructed. After we were finished, I said that I had broken a fingernail and  Preston grinned as he said, "Remember you signed a waiver."

As I considered the guide's half-serious joke, I thought of the waiver Christ signed for me on Calvary. He took all the liability and gave me grace and pardon.  Just as we trusted the guides, Jimmy and Preston, to get us safe from one side of a ravine to the other, you and I can trust Christ to carry us safe from here to the other side. The risk was finished at Calvary, I can trust him!!

Dear Father, thank you for taking the risk on our behalf. Empower us to trust you for all eternity. I pray this in the name of Jesus. AMEN

Be strong and courageous today not worried about the waiver,

(written by Bobbie Smith)