Flying in an airplane is not my favorite activity. To be very honest, traveling by plane is one of my least favorite activities. I am not sure if the issue I have with flying is due to not trusting the pilot, or if it is related to my experience at the airport to board the plane.
Ultimately the reason why I fly is to save time. Flying, I have been told, is one of the safest and fastest ways to travel. Airplanes offer the convenience of using the restroom without having to stop, and the added benefit of finishing the final touches on that presentation.
What happens when flying is no longer convenient or fast? More than once I have boarded an airplane at a busy airport (see Orlando) and found myself sitting in an airplane on the tarmac for many hours waiting for the traffic and weather to clear before beginning the flight.
Some may ask why I am in such a hurry, to which I respond, "I want to get on with my life."
Jeremiah 29 speaks to this as well. In this chapter Jeremiah responds to some false prophets in Babylon who are misleading the exiles. The false prophets have been telling the people that they would be returning to Jerusalem soon and the result is the people were not making any adjustments for their life in captivity. When Jeremiah heard this, he wrote to them and instructed them to get on with their life, because they would be there for a while.
In many ways the exiles were in a similar situation as I have found myself. They were sitting on the tarmac, waiting for change so they could continue their life, and meanwhile life was passing them by...
Looking back, as I sat in that airplane on the tarmac in Orlando, I had a captive audience around me to hear the gospel. I had the opportunity with very little noise or distraction to talk with the people sitting around me and share the saving gospel of Jesus Christ with them. I chose, instead, to sit in the seat staring off towards Jerusalem.
Jeremiah writes to the exiles in Jeremiah 29:5-6
Build houses and dwell in them; plant gardens and eat their fruit. Take wives and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons and give your daughters to husbands, so that they may bear sons and daughters—that you may be increased there, and not diminished.
Jeremiah says to the exiles, build houses, plant gardens, marry and give in marriage: Live the life that you have to live!
I am going to live life.
I am going to live life every moment of every day. I am going to live my life loving the Lord and worshipping Him in all things.
What life are you going to live?
dRo.
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