The Blog

I was watching a movie the other day where a US Naval pilot was trapped in some unfriendly surroundings. The soldier was talking to his commander, giving him the coordinates of his extraction point. The commander replied to the soldier that,” his position was not a safe zone and that the soldier needed to continue on route to the safe zone for proper extraction. The soldier with intensity refused and told his superior that his position was high enough and good enough. Unknown to the soldier his commanders hands were tied. The soldier continued to request that he be picked up right where he was at. The commander was compassionate towards the soldier and made a communication error. As the dialogue went back and forth the commander slipped and said the soldiers name over the radio. The commander was done talking about it and made a comment to the soldier and that comment has stuck with me to this day. He told the soldier to “FALL BACK ON YOUR TRAINING” and get to the safe zone.

It made me think and wonder, if it was me and my Commander told me to fall back on my training what would that look like. What would it look like for me to rely on my training of how to follow Jesus? What are the things that are foundational for anyone that considers themselves a Christian?

Everyday that we walk in this world, we are foreigners in a strange land. We don’t always have friendly surroundings and sometimes we want to get to a safe zone. But if in our pursuit to get extracted (to a safe zone) we were told to Fall back on our training, I fear that a lot of us would not have a strong foundation to rely upon because we were never trained properly. Or during our training we didn’t take it seriously. My pastor spoke a couple of weeks ago a message that was straight from a sermon that Charles Spurgeon had written several years ago. To sum up what both of their messages were about was that we should never leave the foundations of our faith. The foundation is the most important part of a house. Without a solid foundation houses sink, shift, get blown over…the list could go on forever. Our relationship with God is the same way. If we do not lay a firm foundation then we put ourselves in a position to sink, shift and be blown over. If we have no foundation, then we have no training to return to in difficult times. I encourage you, build a strong foundation in your relationship with God. If you are wondering what the basic foundations are, I want to encourage you to get involved with your home church, go to the different classes and services that they offer, pick up the bible and just begin to read it. Ask God to build the foundation within you!

posted by David Darling  # 8:51:00 AM