The
video starts with a puppy at the top of the stairs afraid to go down. Despite
much encouragement from people cheering at the bottom, Daisy can’t figure it
out. She wants so badly to join them, but fear keeps her pacing the landing.
Then a bigger dog comes to help. Simon runs up the steps and then back down,
showing Daisy how easy it is. Daisy is not convinced. Simon tries again. This
time more slowly. Then he watches Daisy try again. But Daisy still is too
scared. Once again Simon goes to the top and demonstrates the technique.
Finally Daisy dares to let her back legs follow the front ones. Simon stays
beside her. She makes it. Everyone celebrates!
What
a beautiful picture of discipleship. We spend much of our time trying to teach
others to climb up, but the more important, and more difficult, thing to learn
is how to “go down.” Throughout Scripture we read that God desires humility of
us. Because the people of Judah humbled themselves, the Lord said, “Therefore I
will not destroy them” (2 Chron. 12:7).
On
numerous occasions, God demonstrated humility by coming down (Ex. 3:7-8;
19:10-12; Micah 1:3). Finally God sent Jesus, who spent His life teaching the
technique we are to follow (Phil. 2:5-11).
No
one will learn anything at all unless he first learns humility. (RBC)
