The more I thought about this analogy, the more closely it began to fit!
Okay, first off, I don't remember "The Last Crusade" perfectly, so if I mis-quote it, bear with me.
Indy is just walking down yet another ancient tunnel when he comes to an enormous chasm. He can see that the tunnel continues on the other side, but has no idea how he'll ever be able to get there. Similarly, we sometimes come to a decision, and we know which choice God expects us to make to proceed, but we have no idea how to go through with that choice, or what will happen once we commit to it.
But, remember, Indy wasn't walking this tunnel armed with just his own reasoning. He remembered some instructions that he had read, written by someone who had already traveled the path. We also have written instructions: the scriptures. Our instructions were written by the Lord, or servants of the Lord. Jesus already traveled this path, so he knows the way.
Indy had already learned to rely on his instructions. By heeding its warnings closely, he had survived other booby-traps and had gotten this far. We learn to trust in and rely on the scriptures by remembering how well they have served us in the past.
Well, Indy finally decided. He couldn't see how he would make it, but he took a running start, committed to his choice, and jumped. When we make a decision, it is so important to commit to our choice!
After landing on the hidden bridge with his face, Indy could stand up, shake it off, and look back and finally see the bridge. Only after we make, and go through with, some decisions, can we look back and see why it worked.
There's going to be a third half to this post thread, because I really like this analogy.
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