Hamish is the perfect example of how we are with God sometimes. Hamish wants the company and for me to facilitate all his wants without wanting me to be the 'driver' in his life, even though I know what is best for him. For example, he wants to stick his head out the window when he is in the car but he can get debris and dirt in his eye. So I want him to wear his doogles but he doesn't want to or understand why he has to. But aren't we exactly the same sometimes with God?
Last year for Anthony’s birthday I bought him a flying lesson on a helicopter. Usually I don’t know what to buy him but when I saw this half price deal on groupon for $80 it was a no brainer. It has taken this long for him to find the time to use it, but today was the day! Before he could have the actual 'fun' bit, the flying, he had to have instruction. The pilot had to explain how it works, what Anthony had to do before they took off.
How often do we want the fun bit of life - the 'highs' with God, miracles, the fun 'experience' without going through the 'instruction' side and then wonder why we aren't getting anywhere? It is so obvious that he needed instruction first and one on one time with the pilot before he can even take-off but yet we often neglect the obvious or want to skip that part in our life.
Preflight inspection and instruction.
Last year for Anthony’s birthday I bought him a flying lesson on a helicopter. Usually I don’t know what to buy him but when I saw this half price deal on groupon for $80 it was a no brainer. It has taken this long for him to find the time to use it, but today was the day! Before he could have the actual 'fun' bit, the flying, he had to have instruction. The pilot had to explain how it works, what Anthony had to do before they took off.
How often do we want the fun bit of life - the 'highs' with God, miracles, the fun 'experience' without going through the 'instruction' side and then wonder why we aren't getting anywhere? It is so obvious that he needed instruction first and one on one time with the pilot before he can even take-off but yet we often neglect the obvious or want to skip that part in our life.
Preflight inspection and instruction.
Sometimes even after instruction when God wants us to do something, or just in life, we can get so eager. It’s like we run ahead of the pilot climb into the helicopter seat with the attitude of “hey I think I got this” and try and take off. Not realising in our eagerness that God is left standing on the tarmac in the rear view mirror of our life. If by God’s grace we don’t crash and burn immediately upon take-off, sometimes we don’t even notice He’s not there! We can be chatting away even getting slightly annoyed why He’s not saying anything or doing anything in a situation or why we are lost when He’s not even in the helicopter anymore!
As the lesson/journey went on, Anthony was trusted to do more when the pilot thought he was ready. God knows when we are ready for something so if he is asking you to do something, and you don’t think you are ready - good, as humility and full reliance on God is vital and He will equip you.
Sometimes if we have been Christians for years, reading the bible, we can become complacent and think we can skip parts that is vital, with excuses to go with it! Anthony flew solo on a small aircraft when he was in the Air Squadron at university. He soon discovered that this was actually a disadvantage as some of the controls on a helicopter are the exact opposite of a plane and a helicopter is much harder to learn how to fly. If he had the attitude that just because he has flown before, ‘and I’ve got this’, he would have had serious trouble! Just because God does something one way in your life, don’t expect the next time to be the same. He wants to stretch us, our faith and perseverance and give us that closeness we desire but we always first have to have a learning, teachable humble heart.
Where are you in life? Are you alone in the cockpit? Or the exact opposite - too scared to get into the helicopter! Maybe you are completely lost, or you have crashed and burned? Wherever you are, the only safe way to travel and be safe is for you to be in the co-pilot seat, and God as the pilot. So check today, where you are and where God is, not just generally in your life but in every situation.
We have lift-off!
As the lesson/journey went on, Anthony was trusted to do more when the pilot thought he was ready. God knows when we are ready for something so if he is asking you to do something, and you don’t think you are ready - good, as humility and full reliance on God is vital and He will equip you.
Sometimes if we have been Christians for years, reading the bible, we can become complacent and think we can skip parts that is vital, with excuses to go with it! Anthony flew solo on a small aircraft when he was in the Air Squadron at university. He soon discovered that this was actually a disadvantage as some of the controls on a helicopter are the exact opposite of a plane and a helicopter is much harder to learn how to fly. If he had the attitude that just because he has flown before, ‘and I’ve got this’, he would have had serious trouble! Just because God does something one way in your life, don’t expect the next time to be the same. He wants to stretch us, our faith and perseverance and give us that closeness we desire but we always first have to have a learning, teachable humble heart.
Where are you in life? Are you alone in the cockpit? Or the exact opposite - too scared to get into the helicopter! Maybe you are completely lost, or you have crashed and burned? Wherever you are, the only safe way to travel and be safe is for you to be in the co-pilot seat, and God as the pilot. So check today, where you are and where God is, not just generally in your life but in every situation.
We have lift-off!
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