I wonder if you’ve ever watched the Harrison Ford character of Indiana Jones – in the film where he has to take a leap of faith into an abyss. Only, it wasn’t exactly a leap of faith. Because, well, that’s Indiana Jones and he has his little book to help him; his hat; his whip!

Basically, in the film, he has to cross an abyss to reach an inner sanctum where he can find the healing water for his recently shot father and so he takes that leap of faith!

And doesn’t fall to his doom.

Because it’s just an optical illusion.

And because this is Indian Jones – the hero can’t die, so we already know he has to make it somehow. And, as he takes that big step, the camera pans to show us that there is a floor – it’s just not visible to people approaching that hidden bridge.

See, we knew he wasn’t going to die, ‘cos that’d make for a really short film!

And, in the film Harrison Ford’s character throws a little dust on the bridge, to show there is something solid there. And we all want the same don’t we? Can’t we just take a leap of faith, but have the advantage of that camera panning away to show us there really is something firm for our feet to fall upon? But life doesn’t work that way.

Everyone has to believe in something – from trusting the floor we’re walking on, to a chair we sit on, to the tap (faucet) giving us water, to gravity staying at the Goldilocks level to keep us on the earth, not crushed nor floating away.

Small, daily activities for many of us, but still acts of faith! You don’t check the pipes all the way from your home to the local reservoir before trying to get water. You have faith that the water companies will have maintained those pipes; that the water will be safe to drink.

Do you have faith that the brakes on your car will work? Do you get them checked periodically? And, if you think there might be an issue with something that critical you, like Indiana Jones, may well throw your own [metaphorical] handful of dust to remind yourself everything is ok.

It’s amazing what we trust when it comes to our health, or our money, isn’t it! Yet we also know that banks are businesses and will never be our friends. Likewise, pharmaceutical companies are businesses who, similarly, want to make money.

To live easily in this world we need a bank account and, sometimes, medical grade drugs. But the evidence is very small for the trust we give them. And, yet, the evidence for the existence of Jesus Christ of Nazareth is overwhelming by comparison – will you trust Jesus as much as you trust people with your money, your health, your water, your brakes?

In reality, the reality is that Jesus Christ is a reality!

Andy B