Modern fighter pilots operate fast, versatile, highly maneuverable machines capable of moving at incredible supersonic speeds. The pilots are trained to depend on sophisticated instruments to help avoid obstacles, the terrain and other planes. As a matter of fact, on account of the disorientation caused by the dizzying speed and the complex maneuverings, pilots are instructed not to make decisions on what they can see and are able to process with their natural eyes. They are to follow, to the letter, whatever instructions the computer-controlled instruments give them.

Paul, in 2 Corinthians 4:18 wrote: "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." The Word of God is the "flight instrument" we have been given to navigate and maneuver through the dizzying terrains of life. We must always allow the Word of God to be a "lamp to our feet and a light to our path".

In Proverbs 3:5 we are encouraged by "Mr. Wise Guy" King Solomon to: "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding". His father, David, in Psalm 5:8, implored God to "make straight Your way before me". Those fighter pilots, not always knowing if they are flying upside down, going up, going down, somersaulting, moving sideways, have to depend on those instruments for flight guidance. We too must always depend on God’s Word to dictate the way we orientate our lives.

Let us journey on...