By Kingsley Baehr
Recently, my wife and I took a week’s vacation in northern Michigan where three of the Great Lakes meet. We flew round-trip by airplane and took four boat trips. On all six trips, we entrusted our lives to six different human pilots.
PILOT/GUIDE:
A person who leads or directs another’s way;
who exhibits and explains points of interest;
who directs another’s conduct or course of life;
who acts as a guide in a way or course;
who supervises, or influences, usually to a particular end;
who superintends the training or instruction of his trainees.
A person who leads or directs another’s way;
who exhibits and explains points of interest;
who directs another’s conduct or course of life;
who acts as a guide in a way or course;
who supervises, or influences, usually to a particular end;
who superintends the training or instruction of his trainees.
Exodus 15:13 You in Your mercy have led forth the people whom You have redeemed; You have guided [piloted] them in Your strength to Your holy habitation.
Psalm 32:8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide [pilot] you with My eye.
Psalm 48:14 For this God is our God forever and ever: He will be our Guide [Pilot] even unto death.
Psalm 73:24 You will guide [pilot] me with Your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
A PILOT:
- Is in total control of the ship or airplane.
- Knows exactly how and where to direct the ship or airplane to its desired destination.
- Instructs the passengers as to their necessary behavior on the trip.
- Explains the “why’s” and “where-fore’s” of the journey to the passengers as the trip is continuing.
- Knows where all the hazards lie and how to avoid them.
- Can pilot the craft through the sun glare, clouds, and darkness which make the way ahead totally unclear to his passengers.
- Reassures the passengers when they are worried about what might be happening.
- Has the passengers completely in his hands and is totally responsible for them.
IS JESUS YOUR PILOT?
- Have you given total control of your life to Him?
- Do you really believe that He knows the best way for you to live your life so that you will reach heaven as your final destination?
- How often do you allow Him to speak to you through His Word about your behavior as a passenger on His ship/airplane of life?
- Are you aware when He is showing you why He has piloted you as He has? Sometimes He will use counselors, mentors, or Christian friends to be His commentators on life.
- Do you really believe that He knows better than you do what will be hazardous to you in your life, and are you willing to allow Him to steer you around or away from them
- He does not always tell us what the future holds, but He is an absolutely trust worthy Pilot through it. Do you really believe that?
- Are you looking to Himfor the reassurance and comfort that you need in times of difficulty?
- Whether you like it or not, “[Your] life is in His hands.”
Can you think of any better hands to cradle your life? He is the Sovereign of the universe Who, in spite of our rebellion and sin, loves us so much that He Himself came to this tiny spot in His vast creation and gave His life for the likes of us to pay our penalty of eternal separation from His Father, and give us eternal life with Him as our Pilot.
If you have not yet boarded His craft and surrendered control of your life to Him, now is the time, right now, before you miss His ship through life and His airplane to heaven.
If you have not yet boarded His craft and surrendered control of your life to Him, now is the time, right now, before you miss His ship through life and His airplane to heaven.