By the way an airplane is made, the pilot is never
meant to look outside of his windscreen (or whatever it is they call it). Everything
he needs to navigate from where the airplane is to where he wants it to go to
is inside the cockpit (or whatever it is they call it). It will be erroneous
and naïve for a pilot to look out of the windscreen to know where the airplane
is or to know the situation outside the airplane. Whenever there is a storm,
the pilot doesn’t look out of the windscreen. He gets direction from two major
sources; instruction from the control tower
and direction from the equipments in
the cockpit. No matter what the weather looks like, it is the result of these
two that determines the pilot’s action. At times the weather outside is okay
but when the control tower says “don’t move!”, the pilot stays put.
This is the same for us as children of God. We walk
by faith and not by sight (sensory perception). “While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things
which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things
which are not seen are eternal.” (2 Corinthians 4:18). Our control tower is the Holy Spirit who is
in us and leads us in the right path. We also have tangible equipments like the
Bible, devotionals, and so on. We also have intangible equipments like Faith,
hope, love, perseverance, patience, ability to hear from God, and so on.
Just like the pilot doesn’t consider the storm, you
should not consider the situation around you. Your concern should be what the
Word of God says about the situation. “For
our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more
exceeding and eternal weight of glory;” (2 Corinthians 4:17). Your concern
should be the immediate instruction and direction coming from your control
tower. “There hath no
temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you
to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a
way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. (I Corinthians 10:13). Take advantage of the control tower and other
equipments you have. You have all it takes to weather the storm and get to your
destination. Selah…
-Airplane series
by Chinedu Isaac
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