The Human Pyramid,
The
“Human Pyramid”, it is something that has been done since before cheerleaders
cheered, before the Swiss found cheese, since before time…
Ok, so perhaps that is a bit of an exaggeration, but the
fact is, they have been around for quite some time. The “complexities” of the infamous Human Pyramid are few,
3-4 people across the bottom, 3 in the middle, 2 above that leadi to just a
single male or female, standing atop the pile of gigglers below. Simple…
Tonight,
a freshman in high school, Evan Kranz, who helps me lead the mid-high youth
group on Sunday nights, stepped out in faith and led a Bible study for the
first time. His heart, his confidence, and the gift that God has so lovingly
given him blew me away.
He
shared from Job 36:22-24
God is exalted on his
power. Who is a teacher like Him? Who has prescribed his ways for him or said to
him, ‘you have done wrong’? Remember to extol His work, which men have praised
in song. All mankind has seen it, though only from a distance, How great is God-
beyond our understanding!
Highlighting
the last part of this, we are called to reach out. “Mankind has seen ‘His glory/power’, though only from a distance”.
We
can’t beat Him, can’t tell God that He is wrong, He is exalted on His power,
ALL have seen this, though only from afar!
It is unmistakable. It is impossible to miss the glory and
the power of God. Look west to the setting sun, or even better feast your eyes
upon the suns daily rise upon the eastern horizons. Look to the mountains, to
the seas, to the animals, to the trees. Look around and you are sure to see it.
We all have, but what frightens me is that we have only seen it “from afar”.
How
is it that we understand the body, how is it that we understand the oceans? How
is it that we learn? We get up close and personal.
“The
“complexities” of the infamous Human Pyramid are few”, but the picture of it is
easy. Examine closer, and see the muscles working to balance, see the
patience of the bottom row, see the people who stand on the side and reach out
a hand to make sure the top row does not fall.
We are to be those supports to the world. We need to reach
out our hands, and bring people into the balance of Christ, into the close up
one on one relationship with our God. We are to be the ones who reach out and
bring them from “afar” into the arms of Christ.
Reach out, keep this world from falling…
