Just for a mega second today a gust of wind picked up a cloud of snow crystals and swirled them over my car. Visibility went to zero. Our minds are amazing museums of memories that merely need a key to bring them rushing back. As the road broke clear for me I remembered flying from Collegedale, Tennessee to my parent’s home in Pennsylvania. I was over Virginia with miles of visibility when a cloud happened. I mean happened. Instantly visibility was zero. There I was a mile and a half above the Blue Ridge Mountains hurtling along at 150 miles an hour and I could see nothing. As fast as I could I called flight control explaining and asking for guidance. No questions were asked. I was assigned a transponder number, given a heading, and an altitude to maintain. I couldn’t see him but I knew I was in good hands. After a while his voice came back saying please climb 2000 feet you will be going over Dulles International Airport. I couldn’t see but I obeyed and I was safe even with 747s coming and going around me.
The spiritual lesson here writes itself. We think we are cruising along fine when something totally unexpected happens and we need guidance. A quick request and our Master is there. If we trust and obey, even though we can’t see Him, He is watching. Just as I safely arrived in Pennsylvania we will arrive exactly where God wants us to be and where else would anyone in their right mind want to be.
Psalm 73:24 promises, “Thou shall guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.” You have to admit it doesn’t get any better than that. God is not only great, He is good.
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