🌳Freerider⛷️

  You are capable of incredible things, even when the path feels difficult. 

Have you ever heard of a young man named Jacob Smith? If you were to google Jacob Smith you would come up with a host of Jacob Smith. Jacob Smith QB at Reagan high school in Pfafftown North Carolina. He finished his  high school career with 4384 passing yards, 39 touchdown passes, and 81 carries for 405 yards on the ground and eight touchdowns. 3x team captain.

Although that is impressive, it's not this Jacob Smith that caught my eye. It’s funny I would say eye? You’ll understand in a moment. This Jacob Smith is also athletic and his sport is in the snow, he is a skier. He is a freerider skier. What’s that? It is skiing through the trees. What makes Jacob so different is that he is blind. Blind! How does he ski through trees? His brother gets him to the top where all the skiers are about to start. His dad studies the terrain and does the seeing for him talking to him by 2-way radio. When his dad says turn right Jacob doesn’t hesitate he turns right. Jacob was asked do you trust your dad? To which he said completely. On competition day, there were 41 freeriders skied and Jacob finished 19th out of the 41. Jacob isn’t about the trophy he’s about the freedom and being able to finish.  The Apostle Paul was about finishing too. 2 Timothy 4:7 (KJV) I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

Paul didn’t say he came in first place, he just said that he had “finished my course.” Paul didn’t say he was the best Missionary that ever lived nor did he say he was number one in his walk with God. No but he did say that he had  “have fought a good fight.” Do you know how many times you find the word “trophy” in the bible? If you said 0 times you would be correct. Yet there is coming a day of rewards 1 Corinthians 3:14 (KJV) If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.

What are we looking for as we live as one of God Children? Fame? Recondition? For everyone to know our name? Or are we willing to just trust our Heavenly Father?  Jacob Smith skis around trees without being able to see. He does it very well because he listens to his fathers voice. We as God children step out every day blind to who our Heavenly Father has for us to help, speak a kind word to, give a pat on the back for a job well done, talk to them about His Son.  Therefore we must listen to our Heaven Father. Isaiah 30:21 (KJV) And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

Don’t let the noise of this world drown out the voice of the Lord.