I remember as a kid how fascinating it was to drive by an airport. All those magical lights spread out on a field. Some solid and some flashing. Of course the airport was an unusual place, since I had not stepped inside one till I was thirty years old to go on my first plane flight.
This morning I was driving back from an early morning walk in the downtown sky walk and driving past the Ankeny airport. It was all lit up and still very magical to me, even though I have flown several times now. That huge maze of blue lights some orange and some red and an occasional blinking light.
Here’s what I was thinking about those runway lights. For those of us on the ground and will little flight experience the lights look like a field of lights and depending on our angle on the ground usually don’t make a lot of sense. But to those up in the air and having the flight experience, they know which end to start their descent and where they will come to a stop. It makes perfect sense for those in the air looking down on the runway. It’s their guide.
How often do we as human beings look at our world and start to wondering what is going on? We can’t see the future or we don’t know our purpose. Our world can be that runway of lights on the ground and be confusing. But up there – God looking down. God knows our future and our purpose. God is not confused by our existence.
So like the pilate who looks for the lights to guide him/her safely to the ground – let God be the guiding light in your life. Trust that God has a different perspective of our life and knows what is best for us. Seek that light and trust!
