Terje Haakonsen stands on the tiny, pinhead summit of peak 7601 (it’s height in feet) to do something no one has ever done before – snowboard down the near vertical face of the peak in Alaska.
Avalanches are a major risk.
Broken limbs a real possibility.
Becoming stuck and unable to be rescued highly likely.

How do think he was feeling in this photo?
Does ‘fear’ sum it up well?

In Luke 8:22-40 Luke relates two incidents that show how fear can keep us from living out the kind of relationship we should have with God. In the calming of the storm event, the disciples are first afraid of the storm (logical and sensible – like Terje’s fear of 7601), but then, after Jesus calms the storm, they are still afraid, but now they’re afraid of Jesus – the man who can control nature itself!
Luke then tells us of the healing of the Geresene demoniac. A remarkable event in itself. This man was a very scary person indeed and all the people round that area lived in fear of him. Now he’s healed, they are still afraid, but of Jesus, the man who controls the spirit world.

What are you afraid of?
Is there anything in this world that holds you in it’s grip and stops you responding to Jesus and living the kind of life he wants you to? What would it take for you to trust Jesus and trust your life into his hands?