From Above!
An Online Ministry for the Men of CLF
When we venture into the world to earn a living, we all face our own unique set of challenges. As you can see, my office has a great view! But some days are more challenging than others. Long days away from home, weekly hotel stays, continuous jetlag and stress are some of the challenges we face in the travel industry. As men, sometimes our life is not aligning with our testimony...what people see on the outside is far from the feelings and emotions we are experiencing on the inside...
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Perseverance!
Several years ago, a United Airlines DC-10 had a catastrophic failure of its center mounted engine high in the tail section, cutting the hydraulic lines resulting in a total loss of hydraulic pressure. The DC-10 is controlled solely by the hydraulic pressure, so this failure doomed the aircraft to a nearly impossible landing. The crew was made up of three experienced pilots and one training pilot deadheading from work, and as these men struggled with their damaged aircraft, they learned how to control it by making small power changes on the remaining engines. They never gave up trying to control their wounded DC-10, and in the end, they maneuvered to a runway in Sioux City where they crash-landed. Had they given up on an apparently hopeless situation, all would have been lost! But instead, they persevered till the end and many were saved.
Jesus asks us in the book of Luke..."Will I find faith on earth when I return?" He knows the answer, so the question is posed for us to consider in our own hearts. He said in Luke 18..." Men ought always to pray and not faint".... that we are NEVER to give up. If hopeless situations, hopeless relationships, hopeless afflictions, addictions and perils are really hopeless, then He would tell us to submit to them and give in...but instead, He says if we are hopeful of His intervention ....nothing is truly hope-less!
When He returns, will He find us engaged in the work of trying to save those He died for? Will many be saved, even though some are lost, because we refused to give up?
One author wrote:
"I once was forced to take shelter from my enemies in a ruined building, where I sat alone for many hours. Desiring to divert my mind from my hopeless condition, I watched an ant that was carrying a grain of corn larger than itself up a high wall. I counted the efforts it made to accomplish this his task. The grain fell sixty-nine times to the ground; but the insect persevered, and the seventieth time it reached the top. The sight gave me courage to go on..."
Like this little creature, we will not fail if we persevere in Him...
Keep on....
Jesus asks us in the book of Luke..."Will I find faith on earth when I return?" He knows the answer, so the question is posed for us to consider in our own hearts. He said in Luke 18..." Men ought always to pray and not faint".... that we are NEVER to give up. If hopeless situations, hopeless relationships, hopeless afflictions, addictions and perils are really hopeless, then He would tell us to submit to them and give in...but instead, He says if we are hopeful of His intervention ....nothing is truly hope-less!
When He returns, will He find us engaged in the work of trying to save those He died for? Will many be saved, even though some are lost, because we refused to give up?
One author wrote:
"I once was forced to take shelter from my enemies in a ruined building, where I sat alone for many hours. Desiring to divert my mind from my hopeless condition, I watched an ant that was carrying a grain of corn larger than itself up a high wall. I counted the efforts it made to accomplish this his task. The grain fell sixty-nine times to the ground; but the insect persevered, and the seventieth time it reached the top. The sight gave me courage to go on..."
Like this little creature, we will not fail if we persevere in Him...
Keep on....
