No Backing Up

Saturday, October 23, 2021

What do believers and airplanes have in common? Airplanes are unique among all methods of transportation. You can stop a horse or a car; they will simply stop and stay there. But if you try to stop a plane, it will descend and crash. A horse or a car can back up, but a plane can't. So for a plane, there's no backing up and there's no standing still. It is the same for a believer. Other people can back up, but you can't. Your walk in God has no provision for backing up. That's why, when you start going backwards you're so miserable. Maybe your walk isn't going anywhere and hasn't been going anywhere for a while. Don't let it crash. Turn on your spiritual engines and start moving forward. Paul wrote, But this I do, forgetting what lies behind, and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Messiah Yeshua, Jesus. You, my friend, are like an airplane. Press on, press on, press on, and you'll find yourself flying in the heavenlies.

From Message #910 - The Upward Call