“Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him and he will make

your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV)

Imagine we are living in the 1700s. We’ve carried water from the lake or creek, chopped wood for the fire, and started a stew for supper.

(You men brought game home yesterday.) How difficult would it be for us to believe the tale of an odd-looking stranger who shows up with a wild story about a machine called a “747”—that we can walk into, with all of our luggage, find a seat with a window, and look down as it lifts us high into the thin air and carries us across the ocean?

This is the same air that we breathe. We can wave our hands through it. How can a plane lift thousands of tons into that flimsy air?

We have all seen airplanes and many of us have traveled in them, but I still can’t get over the wonder of it. My husband used to fly small planes, and he explained the aerodynamics of the wind over the wings. But, really, I don’t think I could believe it could be done unless I saw it for myself.

Walking with God is a bit like this. We can’t see Him—like we can’t see the air—but we can see and feel the result of His presence.

If we lean on Him—even when we don’t understand everything—He will lift us up. He will comfort and guide us. He will give us wisdom

on how to walk with Him through this life on earth. He accomplishes what is impossible for us.

Thank you, Lord, for the wonders You gave us on earth. Thank You for caring about each of us and having a design for our lives as awesome as flying through invisible air. Please open our eyes and hearts so that we can see and understand Your ways.

– Sue Carlisle

 

Council Fire is a collaboration with Intertribal Life Ministries and Native Evangelical Fellowship of Canada.

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