I recently flew on an airplane. I climbed on board with several other passengers and found my seat.
I only half listened to the pilot (whose face I do not remember seeing) announce some details of the flight. Then I never gave him a second thought as we went barreling down the runway into the sky.
As I sat there I thought. What is the difference between belief and faith? I heard it explained this way once, belief is when you say "that chair will hold me" and faith is when you sit down on it.
I not only believed in a man whose name I did not know, but I put my life into his hands when I got on that plane. I trusted a man blindly.
Do we do that with the Lord? The Lord who doesn't always show us what he is doing and why? Yet his name is Faithful and True (Rev 19:11). Can we put our lives into his hands as easily as I put my life into the hands of an unknown man?
Can we agree with Solomon who said,
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV)
Let's make this our prayer today,
I trust in you Lord with all my heart
and lean not on my own understanding;
in all my ways I submit to you,
and you will make my paths straight!
