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, October 11, 2007
Choices of Consequence
A wise author once wrote,"Aviation is not inherently dangerous, but to an even greater degree than the sea, it is very unforgiving of any carelessness, incapacity or neglect." Every choice we make from the left seat of an airliner, or from the seat of authority at home, the office, church or government, carries some degree of consequence for the lives of others. With almost every incident or accident siting pilot error, a clear trail of circumstances led to a judgement that produced life changing results. A common factor in most events is the temptation to respond to our human desires or feelings that conflict with facts and procedures. Sometimes it is the most experienced pilots who overestimate their abilities in a seemingly ordinary challenge to their skills and make errors that have life altering consequences.
The Word tells us "We are tempted when we drawn away by our own desires". We are always naturally tempted to do things our way (pride), or because it feels right (flesh). Yet the Bible says that "there is a way that seems right to man but the end is the way of death." That is "the way" that excludes God from our common thinking...the lack of wisdom or any eternal perspective. Yet God Himself has created in all our lives a process, "a way", that will test us through being tempted. Though He is never evil and He will never set us up to fail, but he will allow the pressures and the forces of this sinful world to tempt us. Even Jesus was allowed to be tempted so He would be capable of knowing our struggles. But be of good cheer...He has overcome all the forces we will face and He stands with us in our struggle with ourselves.
The wise commander always relies on his officers to help him make good decisions. He knows how to keep himself from being led by feelings or by bad information. He knows how to rely on the Word and on the counsel of others to make good and godly decisions. So can you.
Remember, the seat of authority is the seat of consequences for others...so choose carefully.
Keep on keepin' on!
Cort
cetangeman@kmoraine.com
The Word tells us "We are tempted when we drawn away by our own desires". We are always naturally tempted to do things our way (pride), or because it feels right (flesh). Yet the Bible says that "there is a way that seems right to man but the end is the way of death." That is "the way" that excludes God from our common thinking...the lack of wisdom or any eternal perspective. Yet God Himself has created in all our lives a process, "a way", that will test us through being tempted. Though He is never evil and He will never set us up to fail, but he will allow the pressures and the forces of this sinful world to tempt us. Even Jesus was allowed to be tempted so He would be capable of knowing our struggles. But be of good cheer...He has overcome all the forces we will face and He stands with us in our struggle with ourselves.
The wise commander always relies on his officers to help him make good decisions. He knows how to keep himself from being led by feelings or by bad information. He knows how to rely on the Word and on the counsel of others to make good and godly decisions. So can you.
Remember, the seat of authority is the seat of consequences for others...so choose carefully.
Keep on keepin' on!
Cort
cetangeman@kmoraine.com
