The day was clear and sunny as the students gathered around their instructor at the Sunset Pilot Training School. These young pilots had already learned much about flying. Now they were going to learn how to “recover” when the airplane goes into a spin. One at a time the students went up with the instructor to practice what they had learned in the classroom.
John Roberts, one of the students, waited for his turn. He was a good student who learned easily and now was anxious to show the instructor what he could do. Finally, his turn came. He listened carefully as his instructor reviewed some last-minute points with him.
They climbed into the small plane and taxied down the runway. Soon they were in the air, climbing steadily over an unpopulated area until they reached 12,000 feet.
The instructor told John to put the plane into the spin. John eased back on the control stick, kicked on full rudder, and put the plane into its spiral dive toward the earth. That part was rather easy to do.
When the order was given to pull the plane out of the spin, John found this hard to do. He tried his best, but nothing seemed to work. Sweat poured down his face as he realized that he had lost control of the plane! As it hurtled closer and closer toward the ground, the plane shuddered as it spun round and round. It looked to John like there was no hope. The plane was going to crash! He fearfully looked over at his instructor.
The instructor calmly spoke to John over the intercom: “Relax, it’s all right. I have control of the plane.”
A few minutes later they were safely on the ground again. John was still visibly shaken knowing that if it had not been for the instructor, he would have been killed instantly in the crash.
What about your life? Have you lost control? Are you spinning downward and not able to help yourself? Do you realize that, unless you accept the Lord Jesus Christ as your own Saviour, you are heading for a crash landing in your sins?
Your life does not have to end that way! The Lord Jesus loves you and will take over the controls of your life if you will ask Him. He does not want you to crash — to die in your sins.
The Lord Jesus Christ was wounded and died on Calvary’s cross for any who will believe in Him. Accept Him now as your Saviour and know for sure that He will pilot you safely through this life to heaven. His promise is found in Isaiah 41:1313For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. (Isaiah 41:13): “I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.”
ML-09/20/1987