Proverbs 3:5-6 ‘Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not unto your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths’.
DAILY READING • 1 Peter 1; Jeremiah 31-32; Psalm 134
At 3:00 a.m. on January 16, 1991, the United States launched Operation Desert Storm with an extensive aerial bombing campaign.
That night, F-15 pilot Lt. Col. Jeff Patton escorted a large formation of bombers, to destroy a chemical weapons plant just north of Bagdad.
To avoid detection, they flew in darkness.
However, shortly after crossing into Iraq, an enemy surface-to-air missile radar locked on to Col. Patton’s plane. He violently maneuvered his aircraft to break the radar’s lock. His maneuver was successful but created a new problem.
The sharp maneuver had thrown him out of balance, causing him to become disoriented, and lose sense of direction. Because he was flying in total darkness, he could no longer tell if he was going up or down. Though his mind was telling him he was going up, when he checked his instruments, they indicated he was diving down to the ground! His mind was screaming at him to lower the plane, because he was going up too high, but on the other hand his instruments instructed him to immediately lift up the plane because he was headed to the ground for a crash. He had to decide within 3 seconds whether to trust his mind or his instruments. At that moment his life depended on making the correct choice. Even though it took everything within him to overcome what his mind was telling him, he decided to trust his instruments. He immediately pulled his plane upward. It only took a few moments to realize he had made the right decision and narrowly escaped colliding into the mountains of Iraq. Adhering strictly to the instructions of the instruments panel saved his life.
To navigate through the dangerous corridors of life, we must refuse to be moved by what we see or by what is happening physically, rather we rely on the “instruments” of God’s Word.
To successfully fly through the storms of life, we need to walk by faith and not by sight.
God’s Word is settled in Heaven forever, and He never breaks covenant nor alters what has gone out of His lips. While other grounds may be shifting sand, we can always stand on the solid rock of God’s infallible Word.
Trusting God means that those times when we cannot see things clearly, or do not know which way to go, we simply follow His Word, and fly by the instructions of the Spirit.
The Holy Spirit reveals God’s mind to us and His guidance is crucial because we are fighting unseen enemies, against spiritual forces of wickedness in high places.
In this warfare, relying only on our physical senses can be misleading, deceptive and dangerous.
Proverbs 14:12 says there is a way that seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
To escape the paths of death and destruction, we need to follow strictly the instructions of the Spirit.
You cannot afford to trust your limited physical senses or rely on other people’s advice because even sincere people can be sincerely wrong.
Because God’s Word never fails and His counsel stands forever, let us today stay committed to following the guidance of God’s Word and His Spirit. As we trust His dealings with us, and not in our feelings, certainly we will escape every crash of destiny and fly to our high places in life.
PRAYER Lord Please enable me to always follow closely the instructions of Scriptures and the guidance of Your Spirit. As I walk by faith and not by sight, surely I shall be guided to my greater open doors in this season in Jesus Name.
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The study of the Word will keep shame and disgrace far from you. – WORDBITE 222
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