Trusting in the Stakes
Our family went tent-camping in western Kentucky during fall break. The weather forecast was beautiful – lows in the 50s and highs in the 70s. Three days before we left, the forecast was still free of rain. We received a warning on Saturday that the winds would pick up to about 25 mph. We have two tents, one a canopy that goes over the picnic table and the dome tent in which we sleep. I drove four stakes into the ground with guy-wires and then four stakes into the ground through plastic pieces at the end of each tent pole of the canopy. The dome tent was also staked. Throughout the day, the stakes held firm despite the high winds.
Saturday night when we went to sleep, the winds were still gusting high but the stakes were holding. We were awakened several times during the night because of the wind. It was blowing our tent fairly hard. I thought of the canopy and the eight stakes that were holding it down and felt safe and confident that the canopy would hold, despite the high winds. At one point in the night, I had to get up and answer nature’s call. Since I was already outside, I checked the stakes and, sure enough, they were all holding secure. I fell back asleep confident the canopy would be safe. The next morning, it was.
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But Jesus trusted in those stakes. Jesus trusted that those stakes were part of God’s overall plan to save man. Hanging against those stakes, Jesus said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit” (Luke 23:46). Jesus was able to “endure the cross, despising the shame” (Hebrews 12:2), because He trusted in those stakes. He knew they were part of God’s plan to finish His work. Peter writes that as Jesus was hanging against those stakes, He “kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously” (1 Peter 2:23).
We have stakes in our lives that pin us down. They hold us fast and keep us secure. Sometimes those stakes are painful. But we need to trust God that He is using them to work out in our lives, “His good pleasure” (Philippians 2:13). When you feel those stakes pulling on you, remember Jesus and His stakes and “entrust your souls to a faithful Creator in doing what is right” (1 Peter 4:19).
