WFW--Flying in the Dark

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:18

In July of 1999, John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife, and her sister died when he piloted the plane he was flying into the ocean. From the airsafe.com website: "The NTSB determined that the probable cause of this accident were the pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during a descent over water at night, which was a result of spatial disorientation. Factors in the accident were haze, and the dark night." In other words, because of the dark and the haze, with no instruments to guide him, John lost sight of the horizon, got confused, and lost his way. He couldn't tell up from down and flew straight into the water. I can relate to that, especially in this upside-down world in which we live. If I try to fix my eyes on the "seen", what I see isn't necessarily the truth. I need better instruments; something that will keep me heading, top up, in the right direction. If I focus on the chaos around me, the temporary hurt and pain, I'm going to get turned around, and I may even crash and burn. It's only by using the instruments given to me by God--prayer and His Word--that I can keep my focus where it needs to be so that I can make it home, safe and sound. Better yet, I might just need to slide over and let Someone Else pilot the plane. I'm happy with just being the co-pilot, especially in the dark and hazy times in which we're flying now. That way, I can just fix my eyes on Him until we land.

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