Lately in reading the news I have noticed that quite a few planes are running into birds or birds are running into planes. I guess when your flying there is no such thing as right of way or maybe, just maybe, these birds are like those we all know and love that try to put on make up, talk on their cell phones or text while driving. Man, I really love those people. We have seen some pretty heroic landings, like the one a couple of months ago where the pilot landed in the Hudson river and like the one yesterday where the pilot landed at an airport in Atlanta.
So why does this strike me as interesting, why did I feel the necessity to blog about this instead of Calvinism being named the No. 3 in Times list of Ten Ideas that are Changing the World Right Now? It is because I believe that many Christians in their walks today have been derailed, to use a train term (not a plane term), or to carry on with the bird analogy, they have been forced to land due to a bird hitting their spiritual windshield.There are times in our spiritual walks where we feel like God is not with us or that if God were truly looking out for my best interests I would not be going through this trial. Whenever a bird hits our spiritual windshield we immediately doubt the pilot, God, has left the plane, why is that? Do you think when the plane was going down into the Hudson back in January the passengers were thinking the pilot had left the plane? Sometimes under the same circumstances though we think like unbelievers going down in a plane crash, "Man I hope my pilot isn't on crack" or "Man I hope my pilot really knows how to fly this plane". We as believers hope that God isn't on crack or has gone to a good "god" school so that He can help us in our time of need. Why is that?
Think about these verses:
"Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing." James 1:2-4
"In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ." 1 Peter 1:6-7
"then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment," 2 Peter 2:9
Notice that when a bird hits our windshield we are to rejoice in the trial that it has brought us. We are to rest in God and His plan for us. When our plane, spiritual walk, is headed for the Hudson River we should be looking for how God is using this situation to strengthen our walk with Him. Is he drawing us to Him? Is he showing us that we have more faith in Sully the pilot that landed the plane in the Hudson River than in Him? Also take a look at the 2 Peter 2:9 verse, the Lord knows how to rescue us. We can rejoice in the fact that our pilot knows how to land the plane. Our pilot knows exactly how to and when to rescue us from the onslaught of birds coming towards our windshield.
So, as we think about our decreased hours at work, our possible unemployment, our relatives who have grave illnesses or just how things aren't going our way, understand that our pilot, God, knows your situation and completely understands when and how to rescue you.
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