MORNING MANNA 1-12-22
WALKING IN THE WORD
“ Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” Psalms 119:105
“ The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.” Psalms 37:23
When I received Christ as my Lord and Savior I was working for a civil engineering firm that owned a plane equipped with the ability to fly by instruments rather than by sight. That enabled us to do what we couldn’t do otherwise. I remembered some of those trips as I read the following by Bro. Wayne Barber.
Years ago, I was up in Alaska with my family and I had the opportunity to fly in the cockpit of a 727. I loved it when we took off. There is nothing like being up in the front of the plane and seeing what is going on. They were flying us up to Prudhoe Bay on the Arctic Ocean. I had never been there before.
The weather was perfectly clear as we flew, But as we got up there, I noticed when we made our bank around and were going to land on that air strip, the pilot put everything on instrument rating. I thought, “Now that is interesting.” As a matter of fact, I leaned forward and asked, “Why are you going in on instruments? It is clear as a bell.” He said, “Wayne, excuse me. I am flying the plane. We will talk about this later.” Then I realized that wasn’t the time to discuss it.
We came around on instrument rating, and they landed the plane. It was clear as a bell! After we landed I said, “Now, you have got to help me on this. I thought instrument landings were for fogged in conditions.” He said, “I can really tell you have never been up here. We have learned never to trust what we see or think we see. When we land up here, the fog can move in so quickly we only trust what we know will land this plane.”
I can’t say it strongly enough……You have got to understand: don’t you trust what your mind tells you. Trust what the Word of God and only the Word of God has to say.
David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
5801 FM 1960 E
Humble, TX. 77346
