Climb Above

“We must work the works of Him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.”  - John 9:4 ESV

There’s a story about a pilot who was attempting to make a successful run at the Transatlantic crossing in a modified plane by flying over the Atlantic nonstop. He was making great progress when he noticed that there was pieces of insulation falling to the floor of the cockpit.  He figured out that the culprit was a stow-away rat who had begun to eat at the electrical components of his instrumentation. He quickly concluded that the only way to survive was to climb higher and higher until he neutralized the stow-away rat.  He knew that it couldn’t survive because the altitude was too high.

When you notice that people are pulling you down into ungodly, unproductive things it is your responsibility to climb above the distractions.  This life will present you with many fatal distractions that derail your pursuit of your God given vision.  If you cannot manage your associations well, you may find that you are being held back because of the personal choices you have made.  Assess your circle, if you find that there are people who drain your energy, dampen your enthusiasm, and disrupt your tranquility you should shift your associations in a new direction.

You must keep your sights on the goal ahead and not the negative opinions of others behind you.  Many times, the people who chew away at your instrumentation do so because they are afraid to risk flying as high as your vision will take you.  So they attempt to keep you on their level in order to avoid being exposed for their fear and comfort with mediocrity. 

The enemy wants to frustrate you in the day so that you won’t have an opportunity to begin your work until the setting of the sun.  Friend, don’t fall for it!  Know that he only comes to kill, steal, and destroy.  He is crafty and will use other people to impede your progress.  Don’t forget that you are living in a fallen world filled with hostile combatants to the will of God. 

Will you crash over your ocean or will you climb above?