I don’t like to fly.
Yes, I will fly and I have flown, and will fly again but it doesn’t mean I like it.
Let me take it to another level: There are a lot of times I don’t even like to be a passenger in a car!
While in the midst of a pretty turbulent flight, I really came to realize how much I hate not being in control. It’s kind of stupid cause I don’t know how to fly a plane, but I would have loved to be in the cockpit with those experienced pilots so I could see the calm on their faces, or even hear the pilots come on the PA system and say “It’s going to be alright. It will be over soon.”
Sometimes we are in the midst of the trials of life, there is noone who is going to say “it’s going to be alright”. There are a lot of times we feel like we are not in control and it seems we are battered around by the things of life. Many times we fight for control of the very things that God wants to be in control of in our lives. Sometimes He wants us to be still and trust. When we are in the midst of the turbulence that can be hard. On a flight of about 16 hours, I probably only slept 3 hours. By the time I got to the Philippines, I was totally exhausted.
Our fears and anxieties and worries will sap the life out of us if we let it. God never meant for us to live life exhausted and drained. He should be our source of life, peace, and joy, yet we choose to hold onto the armrests of our seat on the plane of life with a death grip. We think if we can just “hold on” we will make it. The whole time we need to let go.
I wish I could say I was courageous and bold the whole time I was flying. I wish I had 3 points to overcoming fear and anxiety. I wish I could write the book, and create a 5 DVD set on how to live completely free from fears. I would make millions. I am a work-in-progress, just like you.
God gave us His Word and the Holy Spirit to guide us, to comfort us, to change us into the image of His Son. Our answers reside in His Word, if we will simply ask and believe. I don’t know how long the process will take, but if we will be allowed to be guided by His Word and His Spirit, we will experience true freedom. He will give us the strength to let go and trust a God that loves us more than we can ever comprehend.
Will you join me on the plane?
Kevin





