Emily Yang i get nervous when i fly, i’m used to walking with my feet.

For some reason, this was like a “whoa” moment.  I have no idea if Emily meant it literally or not, but its deep.  lol.

“but those who hope in the LORD 

       will renew their strength. 
       They will soar on wings like eagles; 
       they will run and not grow weary, 
       they will walk and not be faint.”

-Isaiah 40:31

I don’t get nervous when I fly, like travel-fly.  I’ve even been on a few of the Navy’s smaller and slightly more dramatic birds, and thoroughly enjoyed myself.  But I get nervous when I hope in the Lord, when I soar on eagles’ wings, because I’m used to walking on my feet.  I’m used to trusting my own strength, skill, experience to get me there and get me through.  Even if you don’t have a lot of confidence in yourself, its a lot easier to trust yourself than it is to trust someone or something else.  Especially something you can’t see.

I’m sure when the first airplanes and such were developed, everyone thought they were crazy, to trust in a machine because physics said it should work.  And even now, sometimes maybe we’re crazy to trust that the pilot is going to get us there safely, that he has complete control.

Isn’t it great that we can trust our pilot?  That he has complete control?  That he makes us fly, despite our lack of qualifications, our nervousness and insecurities.  Its almost like we’re not flying…we’re falling, trusting God to direct us, to catch us, to bring us home safe.  Falling implies a loss of control (trust me, I’m a clutz and I fall all the time…especially with stairs and slow cookers. but that’s for another day), but falling on God is more like a surrender of control, a conscious giving-up of walking on our own feet.  But even when we know in our heads that our pilot is worth trusting, even when we make that decision to fall on him, we still get nervous over the outcome.  Over whether we can do it, if we follow him, trust in him.

I’m so glad that my God is responsible for the outcome, not me.  I’m so glad that its not about whether I can do it, or how qualified I am.

I’m so glad that my God is bigger than my fears and my nervousness.

I’m so glad that my God is in control.