Romans 10:5-13
If the first time you flew in a airplane it was just you and
a pilot, and you were trusting your life to his knowledge and experience of
flying that plane and the pilot had the big one and left planet earth and it is
now you and a dead earthsuit flying at 20,000 feet. You are very ignorant about planes, but you
had put all your trust in a person with the ability to fly and now it is just
you, poor ignorant you, your smart, you have a MBA and your degree is from the
best University but you are still oblivious to how to fly, much less the
controls, switches, and lights on the panels.
That analogy of flying a plane without knowledge and living
the Christian life without understanding of the Manufacturers Handbook on living
life on planet earth has much similarity.
You had no need for knowledge about flying until the emergency hit;
death of the one you trusted to keep you safe.
With the pilot’s death came the reality of misguided trust, your trust
was in the life of the pilot, with the abilities of successfully flying the
aircraft, and how you are in a crises mode, the one you trusted is not going to
be able to deliver. That holds true for
everyone who has misguided trust; so Christians how do we get into these
disasters? A high percent of those who
go by the name Christian know only what someone else has told them, a preacher,
or teacher, maybe you are one of those and your real faith is in yourself, in
your job, 401K, retirement fund, in the church you attend, or maybe your family
ties; but not in the finished work of Jesus Christ.
Now that sounds mean spirited of me, or anyone to point out
that you are ignorant when it comes to walking by faith, listening to the Holy
Spirit the One Jesus told us would lead us into all truth, but trust me it is
an act of kindness if you grasp your flying through life without a pilot, and
Jesus made it very clear in John 16:33, “I have said these things to you, that in me you
may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have
overcome the world.” Tribulation is part of life, the loss of a
child or mate, the loss of income, the backstabbing of a dear friend, or the
feeling of loss, yes in the world we will experience evil.
One Thursday morning on my way to meet
with Paul and share time in the Word of God, this thought came into my mind;
“Bob how can the Helper help you if you have not hidden God’s Word in your
heart and mind. As we look in Romans
10:5-13, you will see that the Law of Moses required 100% participation in
obedience. But the righteousness based on faith says, the following: “The word is near
you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we
proclaim); because, if you confess with your mouth that
Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you
will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is
justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be
put to shame.” For there is no distinction between Jew
and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who
call on him. For “everyone who calls on the name of the
Lord will be saved.”
It was not your abilities or your
actions, it is all what Jesus Christ has done, it is finished and He has
extended both grace and faith to you, but remember this is not the end but the
beginning of life, now and eternal, so begin in the Gospel of John and learn
how to trust Jesus for this day with all it’s tribulation and blessing. Jesus is the pilot you have been searching
for He will guide you into all truth.
From the Back Porch,
Bob Rice
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