"Fly the Airplane"

One of the things that flight instructors constantly drive home while they are teaching is this lesson, "Fly the airplane!" Most crashes take place because the pilot is distracted. In the midst of an emergency, they begin to focus on the instrument panel, or trying to find the problem, and forget to focus on the main thing, flying the airplane. Over and over filght instructors remind their students, "Fly the ariplane!" Hey, if you quit flying the plane, it's over!

In life we sometimes get distracted, by so many things. Sometimes there are emergencies, but often we can become distracted by mundane things, those everyday problems that nag at your soul. It is so easy to be overwhelmed by the distractions and forget the main thing, "flying the airplane."

I remember times in my life when the pressure was more than I could handle. There was more "outgo" than income and so many deadlines that I could not meet. These overwhelming pressures began to seem unsurmountable. When I just couldn't take it anymore, I went to my room to be alone with God in prayer. It was time to fly the airplane. The prophet Isaiah said it this way,

They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles (Isaiah 40:31).

In that time alone with God my perspective changed. What looked impossibel to me was not impossible with God.

We often just need to correct our perspective and focus again on the main thing. Let me encourage you today. "Fly the airplane." Take all your stress and worry to God in prayer. Soar above the storms. Fly the airplane, and change your perspective. Have a blessed day.