Surrendering can be one of the most difficult things to do in life. It’s the release of control the removal of our hand from the stick that steers our lives.
Growing up I had the privilege of learning to fly single engine airplanes. My father is a pilot and loves just about everything about airplanes. Naturally, he taught me how to fly at a very young age. The memory of my first take-off is still very vivid. Sitting at the end of this very long dirt road, my dad roared the 145 horsepower, six-cylinder, air-cooled engine and hit the brakes hard. You always test the engine on the ground before you take off. Better to know of problems there than in the air.
He lets go of the breaks not unlike he had done hundreds of times before, but this time was different, I WAS AT THE CONTROLS! Left on the rudder, right again—trying to stay on the runway as we pick up speed. 60...70….80 miles per hour. Yoke is pulled back, the throttle is maxed, the flaps are all the way down and we start to leave the earth. Then I panic and start to pull to far back on the yoke.
-Time out, you see a proper take off needs just the right amount of lift and the pilot does not yank back on the yoke all the way, it takes balance and adjustments. Pulling too far back will cause the plane to stall and it will slam into the ground at 100 miles per hour, Time in.-
Now, my dad is fighting my paniced, rigored muscles clamped to the yoke. He is trying to keep us in a steady climb while all I want to do is pull back on the stick or push forward to far and nose it into the ground. I have to let go or we just might die.
Usually that is the same thing with Jesus in our lives, surrender is the hardest thing to do, but if we don’t we will die and be seperated from real life. I encourage you to surrender to whatever God is asking of you today, give Him the yoke.
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." (Matthew 11:28-30)
Growing up I had the privilege of learning to fly single engine airplanes. My father is a pilot and loves just about everything about airplanes. Naturally, he taught me how to fly at a very young age. The memory of my first take-off is still very vivid. Sitting at the end of this very long dirt road, my dad roared the 145 horsepower, six-cylinder, air-cooled engine and hit the brakes hard. You always test the engine on the ground before you take off. Better to know of problems there than in the air.
He lets go of the breaks not unlike he had done hundreds of times before, but this time was different, I WAS AT THE CONTROLS! Left on the rudder, right again—trying to stay on the runway as we pick up speed. 60...70….80 miles per hour. Yoke is pulled back, the throttle is maxed, the flaps are all the way down and we start to leave the earth. Then I panic and start to pull to far back on the yoke.
-Time out, you see a proper take off needs just the right amount of lift and the pilot does not yank back on the yoke all the way, it takes balance and adjustments. Pulling too far back will cause the plane to stall and it will slam into the ground at 100 miles per hour, Time in.-
Now, my dad is fighting my paniced, rigored muscles clamped to the yoke. He is trying to keep us in a steady climb while all I want to do is pull back on the stick or push forward to far and nose it into the ground. I have to let go or we just might die.
Usually that is the same thing with Jesus in our lives, surrender is the hardest thing to do, but if we don’t we will die and be seperated from real life. I encourage you to surrender to whatever God is asking of you today, give Him the yoke.
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." (Matthew 11:28-30)
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