"Runaway"
Many years ago, I had the experience of watching a horse trainer do his thing. An Arab, barely halter broken and 6 years old, was brought to his stables and kept in an outdoor corral.
Then one morning, this strange man came into his corral with just a lasso rope with him. Hmmm. Strange place, strange man. What's up?
Saruk was curious but nervous at the same time. The trainer approached him. Why? What did he want, and what was he going to do with that lasso?
The idea ... walk up to the horse and win his trust. Right. It didn't take long for Saruk to show that he didn't trust him and pulled away. Then the trainer slapped the rope on the ground behind Saruk. "OK," if you want to run, I'll encourage you to do so."
After Saruk settled down from racing around the corral, jumping over objects in his way, and showing his hot displeasure, the trainer walked up to him again ... and again, Saruk ran.
Do this a number of times, and you know what? Saruk is getting tired.
Then came the amazing moment. In an instant, Saruk figured out that the trainer is the leader of this 2 group herd, and followed him in sheer submissiveness! Unbelievable! Could hardly believe what I just saw with my own eyes! The trainer even walked away from Saruk with Saruk following him like a puppy. Wow!
This experience motivated me to write a song, and years later when I began my ventures with videography, I returned to the stables to see if we could add some footage.
Well, the original trainer was not there, but another was who used the same technique. The neat thing was that he drew the analogy between horse trainer and horse compared to God and us. Yep, good analogy alright.
Horses are quite fearful by nature, some more than others. Same with humans. Trusting God doesn't usually come easy, but God is persistent. There is great blessing in following Him and learning obedience. In fact, it's what we were created to do. God knows us best and is able to train us, if we cooperate with him. After all, He made us:)
Well, here's the video with song. Mark Anderson is the trainer ... and after the song are a few more bits with Mark as he spends some time doing what he does to train horses.
Then one morning, this strange man came into his corral with just a lasso rope with him. Hmmm. Strange place, strange man. What's up?
Saruk was curious but nervous at the same time. The trainer approached him. Why? What did he want, and what was he going to do with that lasso?
The idea ... walk up to the horse and win his trust. Right. It didn't take long for Saruk to show that he didn't trust him and pulled away. Then the trainer slapped the rope on the ground behind Saruk. "OK," if you want to run, I'll encourage you to do so."
After Saruk settled down from racing around the corral, jumping over objects in his way, and showing his hot displeasure, the trainer walked up to him again ... and again, Saruk ran.
Do this a number of times, and you know what? Saruk is getting tired.
Then came the amazing moment. In an instant, Saruk figured out that the trainer is the leader of this 2 group herd, and followed him in sheer submissiveness! Unbelievable! Could hardly believe what I just saw with my own eyes! The trainer even walked away from Saruk with Saruk following him like a puppy. Wow!
This experience motivated me to write a song, and years later when I began my ventures with videography, I returned to the stables to see if we could add some footage.
Well, the original trainer was not there, but another was who used the same technique. The neat thing was that he drew the analogy between horse trainer and horse compared to God and us. Yep, good analogy alright.
Horses are quite fearful by nature, some more than others. Same with humans. Trusting God doesn't usually come easy, but God is persistent. There is great blessing in following Him and learning obedience. In fact, it's what we were created to do. God knows us best and is able to train us, if we cooperate with him. After all, He made us:)
Well, here's the video with song. Mark Anderson is the trainer ... and after the song are a few more bits with Mark as he spends some time doing what he does to train horses.
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