A TV
program on the History Channel featured the world’s most extreme airports. The
one that caught my attention is no longer open, but it is one I had flown into.
I agree that Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Airport was definitely a thrill ride for
passengers and surely a challenge for pilots. If you came in from one
direction, you had to fly over skyscrapers and then hope the plane stopped
before it plunged into the sea. If you came in the other way, it seemed as if
you were going to smack into a mountain.
I found
it surprising that a pilot who used to take planeloads of people into Kai Tak
said, “I miss flying into that airport.” But I think I know what he meant. As a
pilot, he relished the challenge. He had a confidence based on his ability and
his reliance on those who guided him into the airport.
Too
often, we run from challenges. Yet the people we love to read about in the
Bible are impressive because
they battled challenges. Consider Paul. With the confidence of God’s help, he
faced troubles head-on—and conquered them. Christ’s promise to Paul and to us
is: “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in
weakness” (2 Cor. 12:9). Like Paul’s example, in the confidence of God’s
care we can say to the next challenge: Bring it on!
If God
sends you on stony paths,
He will provide you with strong shoes. (RBC)
He will provide you with strong shoes. (RBC)
