Years ago, a former airplane pilot told me a story about his
training. He explained how one day he
was up flying with his instructor sitting in the copilot seat. The horizon looked slanted, so he began to
bank right to keep the plane level.
After a short time his instructor asked, “What are you
doing?”
“I’m keeping the plane level.”
“Does your instrument panel say you are level?” inquired the
instructor.
“No, but if I fly level according to the instruments,
the ground is slanted.”
The instructor calmly asked, “Did you calibrate your
instruments before you took off?”
“Yes,” replied my pilot friend.
“Then trust your instruments,” advised the instructor.
We do not have an instrument panel to
give us guidance in life, but we do have God’s word in the Bible. Just as a pilot should calibrate his
instrument panel before every flight, we should regularly recalibrate our lives
by spending time in God’s word.
There will be times when thing seem wrong as we travel
through life. We will be tempted in
times like this to look at the world around us and adjust according to what we see. In doing so, we risk becoming crooked
ourselves.
Do not look at the world when you need to adjust. Look at the control panel. Look at God’s word and let Him instruct
you. Keep your life calibrated to the
truth.
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