Perspectives
on the Landscape of Life
By
DJ Note
Sit
Tight And Trust
“Faith is deliberate
confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the
time.”—Oswald
Chambers
I
watched an inspirational uTube from “Britian’s
Got Talent” featuring a man singing Nessun
Dorma. It began, “Believe in yourself…
even when no one else believes in you.” (bold mine)
With
his dreams on the line, the man ended in a crescendo that brought the house
down in thunderous applause. Then white letters scrolled across the screen that
read, “Never underestimate what’s inside you
that makes you special.”
Great
advice—if you don’t discount the Living God. The gift the singer so gloriously
demonstrated is due to The One in
whom our confidence should rest.
Placing confidence solely in our ability to do or produce is a frightening
prospect, if you ask me, because man is fallible. God is not.
Having
accompanied my elderly parents to Nashville to visit family last spring, we
arrived back at the airport for our return flight. Unable to ascend the steep
stairs into the airplane, it took personnel the better part of thirty minutes
to accommodate Mom with a ramp. Concerned over our delay, I asked the attendant
if we would make our connecting flight in Denver. A night in a motel wouldn’t
do. Dad was weary, and serious fatigue settled on Mom’s face. They needed to
get home.
Please God; help us make our
connection. I
found myself repeating my prayer. Stop!
He knows. Now trust.
As
we approached Denver, the attendant came to me. “This is unusual. The pilot
reports this is the plane going on to Medford. A fresh crew will be coming on
so you’ll only need to deplane, then re-board.”
Lord, Mom’s too weak to walk
down and back up that ramp again. Please keep us on this plane.
“My
mother suffers from severe osteoporosis and macular degeneration.” (I’d been
messaging her crooked back all the way from Nashville.) “Is it possible for us
to remain on the plane?”
“It’s
against regulation.” She smiled then said, “but let me talk with the pilot.”
She walked toward the cockpit, returning momentarily. “The pilot has to obtain
clearance from the oncoming crew. Just sit tight when we land. I’ll let you
know.”
In
Denver, passengers deplaned as we waited. Minutes ticked by. Nervously Dad
demanded, “We’d better get off so Mom can rest before we have to get back on.”
“Let’s
sit tight and trust God.” My insides jittered.
P-l-e-e-e-a-s-e Lord. I was begging again, as if
God had forgotten my prayer. You asked, trust.
The
Pilot approached with the attendant close behind.
“Hello,
Ma’am. May I have your boarding passes, please?” He greeted my weary parents
with a nod then said, “You folks relax. I’ll take care of this personally.”
Personally!
He’ll take care of this personally!
Isn’t that just like God?
And
isn’t that precisely what He did on
the cross—took care of us personally?
And He continues to this day offering each of us a personal relationship,
involving Himself with every intimate detail of our lives. Our confidence must
rest in Him—His ways, His timing, His plan.
It
seems The Almighty is determined to give us ample opportunity, on a daily
basis, to learn that our confidence must rest in Him, not the world.
Now
that I can sing with certainty!
Deborah J. Note writes from Eagle Point, Oregon.