The act of fishing in Animal Crossing is pretty simple in concept… we watch the water for the telltale shadow of a fish, cast our line where they will see it, and by following the vibrations of the Joy-Con controller we know exactly when to pull the fish up. But when I had to play with the game with a different controller that lacked vibration functionality, catching fish was far less intuitive and became much more difficult. Since I couldn’t physically “feel” my controller rumbling, I had to follow the same prompts without the satisfaction of “feeling” that I was doing the right thing… I had to have faith that following the pattern set by the game creator would result in the desired outcome even when I couldn’t feel anything. 

Life would certainly be a lot easier if the Lord always gave us “feedback” that we can feel, but in our walk of faith there will be many times we are asked to simply trust and follow Him without the benefit of “feeling” anything that reassures us. But even when our thoughts and feelings betray us, we can remain confident that every soul who has ever made the decision to follow the Lord has found Him to be faithful all the way through the end. The temporary silence that our prayers are receiving may cause us to “feel” insecure, but we can have peace knowing He doesn’t start anything that He doesn’t finish.

Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ. Philippians 1:6

Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:2

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