Flying Blind

By Ronnie Wyatt 

One day at a busy airport, the passengers on a commercial airliner were seated waiting for the pilot to show up so they could get under way to their destination. After a long wait, the pilot and co-pilot finally appeared in the rear of the plane. To the passengers’ surprise, they begin walking up to the cockpit through the center aisle bumping into passengers right and left. The Pilot was using a white can while the co-pilot held tightly to a guide dog. Both had their eyes covered with sunglasses.

At first, the passengers did not react, thinking that it must be some sort of practical joke. After a few minutes though, the engines start revving, and the airplane began moving slowly down the runway. The passengers looked at each other with some uneasiness. They started whispering among themselves and looked desperately to the stewardesses for reassurance. The stewardesses offered no consolation.

The plane started accelerating rapidly causing the people to panic! Some passengers began praying, all began to scream. As the plane got closer and closer to the end of the runway, the voices became more and more hysterical.

When the plane reached the point that it had less than twenty feet of runway left, there was a sudden change in the pitch of the shouts as everyone screamed at once to the top of their lungs! Right at that very last moment, the plane lifted off and was airborne. All of them breathed a sigh of relief.

Up in the cockpit, the co-pilot breathed a sigh of relief himself as he said to the pilot, "You know, one of these days the passengers aren't going to scream, and we aren't going to know when to take off!"

Ever felt like you were flying blindly through this life? You know what I mean, you feel tossed to and fro with no control or direction. With a new year upon us, it’s time to do something about it. Do you realize that God has an answer for that tossed to and fro feeling? Look at what Proverb 3:5-7a says, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths. Do not be wise in your own eyes.”

Let me make sure you got it:

1. Trust the Lord.
2. Don’t trust yourself.
3. Do not let your wisdom guide you.
4. In all you do try to acknowledge (which means: know, understand, experience, recognize) Him.

If you do these things, He will direct your path! Stop flying blind. Allow God to direct your life!

Verse Of The Week:
“Let him not trust in futile things, deceiving himself,  for futility will be his reward. ”
Job 15:31

Ronnie Wyatt is an Evangelist, Author, Christian Comedian, Conference Speaker and the Executive Director of Crosseyed Ministries – www.crosseyedministries.com

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