When you're in severe pain or distress,
life becomes pretty simple. You're in
survival mode, and you have neither the heart nor the strength to spread around
your emotional energy. As Chuck Swindoll
might say, "Life gets boiled down to the nubbies."
Instrument-certified pilots know what
this is all about. When visibility drops
to nil, and storms rage around them, it is second nature for them to focus on
the "artificial horizon" gauge on their instrument panel. No matter what their senses might tell them
or what weird phenomena they see through the windscreen, they know the gauge
will give them their true position and keep them flying level. They may feel as though they are in a steep
dive, or even flying upside down. Yet
their eyes must lock onto that gauge, and they must respond accordingly. When it comes to survival, it doesn't really
matter what they feel like; what matters is what their instruments say.
In the midst of life’s storms, fix your
eyes on Jesus.
-- Adapted from Stephen Arterburn and Jack Felton in “More
Jesus, Less Religion”
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