Trust is a Thing
I get bored easily. I am aways needing a project, something to do. Sitting around one day I decided to learn to fly. I was living in Columbus at the time. I was between quarters as a student attending The Ohio State University. I got the phone book out, looked up a flight school. I enrolled and started ground school the next week.
Ground School was learning the mechanics of flight, regulations, medical qualifications and certification. When ground school was done, the practical side kicked in. I went flying with an instructor, learning the characteristics of the airplane and practice, practice, practice.
The day came as I and the instructor were taxiing to the runway. The instructor told me to stop short of the runway, got out of the plane and said, "You are ready to solo. Fly the plane and do 3 take offs and landings."
An incredible feeling of responsibility. My first thought was, "I am going to die”. Well, I am still here, I received my license and still take care when I fly.
I thought it would be good to get my instrument rating. That was a whole new ball game. As I and the instructor took off from the airfield, he familiarized me with the instruments, especially the horizontal indicator which tells you if you are flying level in reference to the ground. I was instructed to fly into a cloud bank. Of course I had no reference to the ground. I had this sensation I was upside down. The instructor made an important statement. "Learn to trust your Instruments no matter what your mind tells you." Following that advise saved me on more than one occasion.
Our faith in Jesus is like that. Learning to trust Him no matter what our minds tell us. All our religious training prepares us for TRUST. Going to church, being taught scripture in Sunday School, what Jesus says on the cross. Like anything else our Faith needs practice. Not only to be hearers but Doers until it becomes second nature.
My advice this day, if you need something different in your life, enroll in God’s flight school. Learn what it is to fly with Christ, learn to trust Him and if you do He will see you through to the other side.
Ground School was learning the mechanics of flight, regulations, medical qualifications and certification. When ground school was done, the practical side kicked in. I went flying with an instructor, learning the characteristics of the airplane and practice, practice, practice.
The day came as I and the instructor were taxiing to the runway. The instructor told me to stop short of the runway, got out of the plane and said, "You are ready to solo. Fly the plane and do 3 take offs and landings."
An incredible feeling of responsibility. My first thought was, "I am going to die”. Well, I am still here, I received my license and still take care when I fly.
I thought it would be good to get my instrument rating. That was a whole new ball game. As I and the instructor took off from the airfield, he familiarized me with the instruments, especially the horizontal indicator which tells you if you are flying level in reference to the ground. I was instructed to fly into a cloud bank. Of course I had no reference to the ground. I had this sensation I was upside down. The instructor made an important statement. "Learn to trust your Instruments no matter what your mind tells you." Following that advise saved me on more than one occasion.
Our faith in Jesus is like that. Learning to trust Him no matter what our minds tell us. All our religious training prepares us for TRUST. Going to church, being taught scripture in Sunday School, what Jesus says on the cross. Like anything else our Faith needs practice. Not only to be hearers but Doers until it becomes second nature.
My advice this day, if you need something different in your life, enroll in God’s flight school. Learn what it is to fly with Christ, learn to trust Him and if you do He will see you through to the other side.
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