The Easy Route

Imagine you're in the middle of the ocean and all around you, waves are crashing, splashing you, and trying to bring you under the surface. You're not a good swimmer, and all you can do is tread water. After what feels like eternity, your arms and legs can't take it anymore. It's far too tiring for you to continue. You give up and begin to sink...

You no longer hear the raging wind nor the crashing waves. In fact, all you can hear are your own thoughts. As you continue to sink farther away from the surface, you find it hard to hold your breath. It feels like you're choking and suffocating simultaneously, and your head feels like it's going to explode from all the pressure.

You eventually face your fate and wake up to find that it was all a dream.

With everything in perspective, you realize that giving up wasn't the smartest thing to do. For if you had hope, then you could've tread water just a little bit longer with faith that someone was going to save you.

Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see. Hebrews 11:1 (NLT)