Somewhere I read some amazing information about an antelope known as the African impala. These residents of southern and eastern Africa are amazing leapers. They can jump to a height of over 10 feet. One leap can cover a distance greater than 30 feet. Yet these magnificent animals can be kept in an enclosure in any zoo with a 3‑foot high wall. You see, impalas will not jump if they cannot see where their feet will fall.
That is a wise, conservative approach to life. Do not jump if you cannot see where your feet will fall. We have an adage about that, don’t we? “Look before you leap.”
How different that approach to life is from the life of faith as described in the eleventh chapter of Hebrews: “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.”
How’s that for…