MORNING MANNA 9-23-24
A FATAL FALL
“Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.” 1 Cor.10:12
After preaching from this verse yesterday, I thought the following story might be food for thought.
Back in 1911, a stuntman named Bobby Leach went over Niagara Falls in a specially designed steel drum—and lived to tell about it. Although he suffered minor injuries, he survived because he recognized the tremendous dangers involved in the feat, and he had done everything he could to protect himself from harm.
Several years later, while walking down a street in New Zealand, Bobby Leach slipped on an orange peel, fell, and badly fractured his leg. He was taken to a hospital where he died of complications from that fall. He received a greater injury walking down the street than he sustained in going over Niagara Falls. He was not prepared for danger in what he assumed to be a safe situation.
We must always be on guard against temptation. A victorious Christian is an alert Christian who watches out even for those little “orange peels.”
David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
Humble,Tx
