10/01/2026
Pilots know how dangerous spatial disorientation can be.
When flying through clouds or in poor visibility, the inner ear and the body can send signals that feel completely convincing, yet be completely wrong. A pilot may feel like the airplane is level when it is actually turning, climbing, or descending.
In that moment, the pilot has a choice.
Trust what he feels, or trust the instruments.
Good training teaches a pilot to believe the instruments, even when every sensation in his body seems to disagree.
Our walk with God can be much the same.
Sometimes our circumstances seem to say, “God has forgotten you.”
Fear says, “Something is going to go wrong.”
Anxiety says, “You need to take control.”
Condemnation says, “God must be disappointed with you.”
Our emotions can be very real, but real emotions are not always reliable indicators of what is true.
That is why we need something outside of ourselves to orient us
God’s Word becomes our instrument panel.
When circumstances are confusing, we return to what God has said.
When our emotions are loud, we return to what God has said.
When fear makes everything feel uncertain, we return to what God has said.
Faith is not pretending we do not have feelings. It is refusing to give our feelings the final word.
Sometimes faith simply looks like this:
“Lord, this does not feel true right now, but You have said it is true. So I am going to trust You more than I trust what I feel.”
A disoriented pilot survives by trusting the instruments.
A believer learns to walk by trusting God's truth.
“Your word is truth.” John 17:17
