Prov. 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 Revelation 18; Isaiah 3-4; Psalm 109:1-19

Following instructions is critical to a pilot’s survival during a storm, fog or at night. In such situations, a pilot can lose all sense of direction.  In order to survive, he must adhere strictly to the instructions on his instruments panel.  Rain, fog, and haze can all cause pilots to perceive distance inaccurately. Rain, for example, can cause approach and runway lights to seem brighter at night, causing a pilot to feel like they’re lower than they should be, in which case they might incorrectly begin to fly at a higher-than-normal approach. And fog and haze can both make the runway look farther away than it really is, causing an illusion of being too high. Snow-covered terrain combined with a gray overcast layer can cause a complete white-out illusion that makes it difficult for a pilot to gain any sort of visual reference, which means it’s tough for a pilot to determine how high or low they are on the approach.. Such illusions can cause disorientation in pilots, especially at night or in low-visibility conditions. For almost all of these illusions, the fix is simple: Trust the instruments,

An aircraft’s orientation relative to the ground cannot be perceived via the sense of balance. When devoid of external visual references, the pilot must rely on instruments. At low altitude–below 5,000 feet–over the ocean at night, there is nothing to see that can orient the pilot’s senses to the horizontal, except for the moon and stars. The horizon is where the stars stop, and the blackness–the ocean–begins. When the clouds obscure the stars or low visibility obscures everything beyond a few miles around the aircraft, there is nothing to tell the pilot which way is up. Experienced pilots simply begin to fly the aircraft almost totally on instruments, relying primarily on the “artificial horizon” on the panel before them to control the aircraft. Pilots know that they cannot rely on their senses to know which way is up and whether or not the aircraft’s wings are level. In other words, trusting his instruments can save a pilot’s life!

Likewise spiritually, in those times, when it seems we are going through a storm or a fog in life, we need to rely on God’s guidance through the “instruments” of His Word.

Storms are often indicative of spiritual warfare. And don’t forget our wrestle is not with flesh and blood, but against spiritual wickedness in high places. This is therefore not the time to rely on physical senses, but rather to engage the force of The Spirit. Our physical senses can be misleading and deceptive. To follow our minds can be dangerous. The book of Proverbs says there is a way that seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.  To fly through the storms of life, we need to strictly adhere to the instructions of scriptures.

Isaiah 30 says you shall hear a voice behind you saying this is the way, walk ye in it when you turn to the right or to the left.

Jesus said in John 5;30, ‘I can of My own self do nothing, as I hear I judge’. Jesus relied heavily on the instructions of The Spirit to escape the plots and plans of the Jews.

In the same way to survive the storm, and escape the traps of the wicked, we need to follow strictly the instructions of the Spirit.

Prov. 3:5 tells us to trust in the Lord with all our heart, and not to lean on our own understanding.

You cannot afford to trust your senses or rely on men’s advice. Even people who are sincere, can be sincerely wrong. This is why we follow only what God has said.

Because His Word never fails. His counsel will stand forever. He has promised to be with us when we pass through the waters, and  through the fire. He is our way maker and light in the darkness.  He is our beacon of hope as we navigate through the treacherous waters of this world.

Therefore we keep trusting His guidance, even if it seems we can’t trace Him. We trust His  dealings with us, and not in our feelings.

We do not go by what is happening, but rather by what is written. We  keep focused on God’s Word and His promises, knowing He never breaks covenant nor alters what has gone out of His lips. No one who has trusted what God said has ever been let down. And if we cannot seem to see Him at work, it does not mean that He is not actively involved in our lives. He is always there.

And trusting Him means that when we cannot see anything else and do not know which way to go, we must simply follow His Word, and fly by instructions. We walk by faith not by sight. We must therefore fly by instructions.

PRAYER Lord Please enable me to follow closely the instructions of Scriptures, as I walk through the narrow corridors of this life.  By Your grace, help me always to walk by faith and not by sight. Indeed I have victory and have overcome the world through the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

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When you apply The Word of God, it will work for you, anywhere and anytime- WORDBITE 222.