A Kingdom Man Is Prepared In January 2009, birds flew into the engines of US Airways Flight 1549= immediately after the planes takeoff from New Yorks LaGuardia Airport. Both engines simultaneously shut down. The only option was to ditch the plane in the Hudson River. Doing so without accruing fatalities was unlikely- even for a veteran pilot, flight instructor, and accident investigator like Captain Chesley B. Sullenberger 111. Yet Sullenberger took charge of the realm for which he was responsible. While passengers cried out for someone to bring order to the chaos, Sullenberger kept the plane just high enough to clear the George Washington Bridge and performed a perfect textbook ditching. All souls survived in the Miracle on the Hudson. Captain Sullenberger had never guided an 80-ton piece of metal onto the waters surface. But he had learned aircraft maneuvering inside and out. His previous 19,000 hours of flight time had prepared him with the skills and mind-set to rule the realm of the plane well, rather than his plane ruling him. Men, the mastery of your kingdom under Gods authority demands wholehearted preparation. Some moments may appear uneventful, but each is an opportunity to administer order, authority, and provision to your domain. Each day provides a choice to align your life under Gods authority, to exercise and sharpen your leadership, to prepare. When chaos enters your kingdom, you will be ready. -Pastor Tony Evans
Posted on: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 23:23:13 +0000