Obedience

Read the following story, and then answer a few questions to start a faith conversation:

On August 17, 1859, Charles Blondin, arguably one of the best tightrope walkers of all time, stretched a tightrope across Niagara Falls.  People came by train from Buffalo, New York and Toronto, Canada to see him walk across the tightrope that was suspended high above the raging falls.
The story is told that as Blondin stepped onto the tightrope, a hush fell over the crowd.  He carried with him a 40-foot-long balance bar that weighed 39 pounds.  When he finally stepped foot on the Canadian side, a huge cheer arose from the crowd.  Then they began to shout in unison, "Blondin, Blondin, Blondin..."  Finally, Blondin held up his hand asking for the crowd's attention.  He asked the crowd, "How many of you believe I can put someone on my shoulders and walk across?"
First one person shouted, "I believe" and then a second and a third, until finally the whole crowd was shouting, "We believe!  We believe!  We believe!"
Then Blondin shouted, "Who would like to be that someone?"  All of a sudden, everyone became quiet.  They all said they believed, but no one was willing to risk their lives.
Blondin pointed his finger at one person and then another and asked, "Would you like to get on my back as I go across?"
They all said "No!" until he came to Harry Colcord, his manager, who said, "Yes."
Colcord got on Blondin's back, and a deathly silence fell over the crowd as Blondin stepped out onto the tightrope.  Carefully, step by step, Blondin made his way across.  When they were about halfway across, the rope started swaying violently back and forth.  Blondin broke into a desperate run to reach the first guy rope, and when he reached it and steadied himself, the rope broke.
Once more the pair swayed as Blondin again ran for the next rope guy.  When they reached it, he told Colcord to get down off his back.  Blondin looked at Colcord and said, "If we are going to make it safely to the other side, you can no longer be Colcord.  You have to become part of me.  You can do nothing to try and balance yourself; you have to let me do everything.  If you do anything on your own, we will both die."
Colcord then got back on Blondin's shoulders, and Blondin began to walk and then he began to run down the rope to safety on the other side.

1.) If you were in the crowd, would you have gone with Blondin?  Why or why not?

2.) What steps can Christians take to act on their belief?

3.)  Why is it often difficult to trust and obey Christ?