A-Mazing Faith
Fall is finally starting to show itself, and for some families that means it's time for pumpkin patches, hay rides and corn mazes. Which reminds me of an article I came across some years back about a family in Massachusetts that had to call 911 after they got lost in a local corn maze.
Police received a frantic call from a woman asking for help getting out of the maze, and when they arrived at the "Haunted Corn Field" with their K-9 Unit they easily found her and her husband and two small children, still stuck in the maze.
The Connors Farm Corn Maze in Danvers, Massachusetts has been in operation for years, and though they've had their share of "corn-fused" patrons, they had never had anyone get so desperate that they had to call authorities to liberate them from the maze of maize. The saddest part was that the family was just 25 feet from freedom when they were "rescued."
I've been in one of those mazes, up near Hayden, Alabama, and though there were a few times I felt a little claustrophobic, I never would have considered calling for help. Maybe it was pride. Or maybe it's the fact that it was only corn, after all. At the very least I could have run through the walls, "Field of Dreams" style.
But I also recognize that sense of feeling lost and afraid, and being overwhelmed by not knowing which way to turn. There's certainly a parallel somewhere in there about our own navigation of the mazes of life, and how easily we lose perspective because all we can see are the stalks that surround us. We never know that we're just a few yards from our own freedom because we can't see beyond the forest for the trees...or corn.
Whether you're lost in one of life's mazes, or frustrated because things just aren't going your way, the problem is usually that you just aren't sure what's around the corner because you can't see far enough ahead. But at times like that, we have to trust that God has a view that we don't, that He is looking out for us, and that He can be trusted, even if we can't see beyond the corn.
I hope you'll place your faith fully in Christ as you walk with Him this week. May He bless you abundantly as you serve Him. I look forward to seeing you Sunday.
--Pastor Ken
