Joshua 23:8
“But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day.”

Before I started using a wheelchair when I was fifteen, I walked on crutches from the age of three. Since I was dependent on my crutches to walk, they basically became an extension to my body. I didn’t like any time when my crutches were not in easy reach.

One day in kindergarten, my class took a field trip to the Phoenix Zoo. I thoroughly enjoyed myself until I encountered a certain baby goat in the children’s petting zoo. I would have enjoyed the baby goat too if he hadn’t have got his horns stuck in one of my crutches and ran off with it. When I allowed that baby goat to take my crutch, I was unsteady on my feet. Thankfully, I didn’t let him take both crutches or I would have fallen on my face.

Many times I’ve heard people say, “Christians just use God as a crutch.” Is there something wrong with using God as a crutch? One of the great things about a crutch is it keeps you from falling. As long as you hold tight to the crutch, it will keep you balanced and enable you to walk steadily. It’s when you let go of the crutch that you fall on your face.

We need to hold tight to God. The world around is such a shaky, uncertain place. We need something to grab a hold of so we don’t lose our balance. Thankfully, we have God to hold on to during the roughest trials. As long as we hold fast to him, he will keep us from falling.

When trials are not coming our way, we may have the temptation to think we can make it on our own and perhaps may stop holding on to God. If we’re not holding on to God, the next trial that comes will knock us on our face.

Take my advice . . . God may be a crutch, but don’t ever let go of that crutch.