Jumbo Jets and the Almighty

I usually ooze with fascination at the viewing of a huge passenger jet flying through the sky. I don’t get it. I mean, how do thousands of pounds of metal soar tens of thousands of feet above the ground? It blows my mind.

Now, if you’re an aviation engineer and understand the infinite complexities of physics then you’re probably scratching your head at my easy and simple amusement—I could watch planes take-off and land all day.

Though I don’t have it all figured out nor do I understand everything about how it works, I still avail myself of the conveniences of flying. This avenue of transportation proves faster and at times cheaper (considering the high costs of gas). But besides all of that, I just think flying is so cool.

God reminds me of those enormous jumbo jets. He’s amazing. He’s mind-boggling. And I just can’t wrap my mind around everything that he encompasses. God’s ways don’t always make sense to me. There still exists a lot of stuff about God that simply takes me for a loop. For example, I don’t fully follow his relationship with the Gentiles before Christianity. And, I fail to completely grasp his involvement in the nations while at the same time not violating people’s free will.

However, I trust him. I avail myself of the benefits of Christianity though I still find many aspects of it difficult to comprehend. God doesn’t expect people to know everything about him—they couldn’t if they tried. But God has made it clear that he will save those who put their trust in him and obey him.

I may not understand everything entailed in getting jumbo jets off the ground, but I know that they do and that I can ride in them. In the same way, I may not know all there is to know about God’s plan to save mankind, but I still embrace it and should.

“Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and his ways past finding out” (Romans 11:33)!